Flash Flood
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target red permanent.
• Return target Mountain to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20655
Flash Flood is a one-mana instant that bounces a Mountain or destroys a red permanent — situational by design, but free-roll cheap when either mode is live. Against mono-red or heavy-red decks it punches above its cost; everywhere else it's a dead card.
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 |
Flash Flood sees essentially zero competitive play in Legacy or Vintage despite being legal in both — the effect is too narrow when blue has access to universal bounce like Brainstorm and Ponder eating the slot budget. In Pauper it has a marginal niche as a one-of hate piece in control sideboards when Burn is prevalent, but even there it rarely makes the cut. Commander is where Flash Flood is least useful: the format's breadth means you'll face red permanents sometimes and Mountains occasionally, but building around a modal effect this specific wastes a deck slot that should be doing real work.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Flash Flood at this time, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values. Given how narrow the card is, expect it to sit at bulk or near-bulk regardless of printing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.