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
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (37)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Dismember
- 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 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 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 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 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
- 10 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 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Dark Confidant
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1 Rona, Herald of Invasion
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 1 Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior
- 1 Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
- 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
- 1 Lazav, Wearer of Faces
- 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
- 1 Psychic Frog
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
- 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Eiganjo Castle
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Minas Tirith
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plaza of Heroes
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Rivendell
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (33)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 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 Mystical Dispute
- 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 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (40)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 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
- 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 Snow-Covered Island
- 8 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 (7)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (34)
- 1 Eliminate
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 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 Mystical Dispute
- 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 Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Lands (40)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 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
- 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 Snow-Covered Island
- 8 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 (26)
Planeswalkers (1)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (25)
Planeswalkers (2)
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Shield Sphere
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 The Reality Chip
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Reflector Mage
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 The Wandering Rescuer
- 1 Cloudfin Raptor
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Novice Inspector
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
- 1 Mockingbird
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Condemn
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Nimbus Maze
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 6 Snow-Covered Island
- 5 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (25)
Planeswalkers (2)
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Shield Sphere
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 The Reality Chip
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Reflector Mage
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 The Wandering Rescuer
- 1 Cloudfin Raptor
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Novice Inspector
- 1 Thraben Inspector
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
- 1 Mockingbird
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Condemn
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hengegate Pathway
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Nimbus Maze
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 6 Snow-Covered Island
- 5 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Ornithopter
- 1 Phyrexian Walker
- 1 Shield Sphere
- 1 Duelist of the Mind
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Wall of Omens
- 1 Reflector Mage
- 1 Spell Queller
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 The Wandering Rescuer
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
- 1 Daze
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Momentary Blink
- 1 Razorgrass Ambush
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Condemn
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Unexpectedly Absent
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Celestial Colonnade
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 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 Irrigated Farmland
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Nimbus Maze
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prairie Stream
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Anchorage
- 1 Riptide Laboratory
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seachrome Coast
- 5 Snow-Covered Island
- 3 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
