Flash of Defiance
Sorcery
Green creatures and white creatures can't block this turn.
Flashback—
, Pay 3 life. (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
- Torment
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #28473
Flash of Defiance gives target creature protection from white until end of turn and has a city's blessing upsideit's a one-mana trick that punches through blockers or saves a key attacker from white removal. Narrow protection type makes it a role-player rather than a staple, but in the right aggressive shell it earns its slot.
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, Flash of Defiance is a fringe inclusion — protection from white covers a lot of ground in white-heavy metas, but the effect is too narrow to be consistent across a four-player table. Pauper is its most natural home, where one-mana combat tricks with upside are genuinely playable and white removal like Journey to Nowhere is everywhere. Legacy and Vintage both have the card legal but would never touch it. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — situational at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Flash of Defiance is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a specific effect at minimum cost. Bulk commons don't move on secondary markets, so expect this price to stay flat indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.