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Flare of Malice

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What it doesRulingsIn the 99Every version

What it does

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Rulings

2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2024-06-07

    Starting with the next opponent in turn order (or, if you cast Flare of Malice on an opponent's turn, starting with the opponent whose turn it is) and proceeding in turn order, each opponent chooses a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control to sacrifice. Then those permanents are sacrificed at the same time.

  • 2024-06-07

    If an opponent has multiple creatures and/or planeswalkers tied for the greatest mana value, that player chooses which one to sacrifice.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Flare of Malice, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 5
Games played 3
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Syr Konrad, the Grim 1 2 —
Mahadi, Emporium Master 1 1 —
Athreos, God of Passage 1 0 —
Marrow-Gnawer 1 0 —
Tinybones, Trinket Thief 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Mono-Black 3 decks
  • Rakdos 1 deck
  • Orzhov 1 deck

Every version of Flare of Malice

4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Flare of Malice — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.