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 (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
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Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
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Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 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 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 White Plume Adventurer
- 1 Palace Jailer
- 1 Restoration Angel
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 The Wandering Rescuer
- 1 Giver of Runes
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Dennick, Pious Apprentice
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 1 Daze
- 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 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Condemn
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Unexpectedly Absent
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (35)
- 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
- 4 Snow-Covered Island
- 3 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
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Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
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Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
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Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (30)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (32)
- 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 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 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
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
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
- 11 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
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (26)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
