Flaring Pain
Instant
Damage can't be prevented this turn.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2003
- Price
- $1.09
- EDHREC rank
- #17662
Flaring Pain shuts off damage prevention for a turn — every Circle of Protection, every Leyline of Sanctity life-gain blocker, every Worship-style shield goes dark the moment it resolves. It costs a single red mana at instant speed, which means it doubles as a combat trick and a combo enabler with virtually no setup tax.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flaring Pain is a one-mana answer to the prevention effects that stall out damage-based combo finishes — if your line involves dealing a lethal amount of damage and a single opponent is hiding behind Solemnity or Circle of Protection: Red, this is the cheapest way through. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive play, slotting into burn sideboards to punch past Prismatic Strands and Fog effects. Legacy and Vintage have it available but rarely need it — the card pool offers broader hate removal, and permanent enchantment answers are more common in those formats. Standard and Modern are off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.09 cheap tier
At $1.09, Flaring Pain sits in the bulk-rare-adjacent tier where niche utility cards tend to hold a quiet floor — it's cheap enough to throw in any red deck that fears prevention effects without requiring justification. The price is unlikely to spike unless a specific prevention-based lock sees a surge in Commander popularity, but at this rate it doesn't need to.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.