mh3
pmh3
Flare of Denial 
Instant
Oracle Text
You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Flare of Denial, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 9 | 2.4 | 269 | 3 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Details
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- 326
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Flare of Denial
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Reflector Mage
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Final-Word Phantom
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Sage of the Skies
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Cloudfin Raptor
- 1 Giant Killer
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Novice Inspector
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Adarkar Wastes
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Celestial Colonnade
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mutavault
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 4 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (34)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Change the Equation
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (40)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 3 Island
- 5 Island
- 4 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (32)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Abrupt Decay
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Noxious Revival
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (38)
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (34)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Commandeer
- 1 Nexus of Fate
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 11 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (34)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Commandeer
- 1 Nexus of Fate
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 11 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (34)
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Commandeer
- 1 Nexus of Fate
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 11 Snow-Covered Island
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Memnite
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Shield Sphere
- 1 Dokuchi Silencer
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Floodpits Drowner
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Prized Amalgam
- 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Mistblade Shinobi
- 1 Prosperous Thief
- 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
- 1 Fallen Shinobi
- 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
- 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
- 1 Cult Conscript
- 1 Forsaken Miner
- 1 Fourth Bridge Prowler
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Bloodghast
- 1 Faerie Seer
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Sneaky Snacker
- 1 Ingenious Prodigy
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 1 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Path of Ancestry
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Plaza of Heroes
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 River of Tears
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Spymaster's Vault
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Talon Gates of Madara
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
