---
name: "Spirit Flare"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "common"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "d19a2c28-8d09-40bf-aeb1-e699672b009f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spirit-flare-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spirit Flare
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature an opponent controls.
Flashback—{1}{W}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hollowhenge Spirit](/printing/hollowhenge-spirit-dka.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Molten Note](/printing/molten-note-sos.md) — Sorcery
3. [Flickering Spirit](/printing/flickering-spirit-tsp.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Nebelgast Herald](/printing/nebelgast-herald-sir.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Flaring Pain](/printing/flaring-pain-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Nibelheim Aflame](/printing/nibelheim-aflame-fin.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #15
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`