Flashfreeze
Instant
Counter target red or green spell.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19851
Flashfreeze is a hard counter for two of the most powerful colors in the game — red and green — for two mana at instant speed. Narrow by design, but in the right meta it pulls more weight than a generic Cancel ever could.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flashfreeze earns a slot when your pod runs green ramp decks or red combo threats — it answers Cultivate, Craterhoof Behemoth, and Purphoros triggers all on two mana. Outside of Commander, Flashfreeze sees niche sideboard play in Modern and Legacy where red burn and green creature strategies are prominent enough to justify the slot. Pioneer and Standard offer similar sideboard logic, though the range of targets shrinks depending on the format's current threats. Across every format it's legal in, the ceiling is a two-mana hard counter and the floor is a dead card against the wrong opponent — build your sideboard accordingly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Flashfreeze is pure bulk — grab a playset without thinking twice. Price stability is a non-issue; it's a common counterspell with a narrow application, so it will stay in the dirt indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.