Flash

Flash
Sample Card
Reminder Text
Reminder Text	Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Info
Type	Static
Introduced	Origins
Last used	Evergreen

Flash is a static ability that lets you play a card at instant speed, i.e. on your opponent's turn.

Color Distribution

Flash can often be found on creatures with mana in their casting cost.

Comprehensive Rules

702.8. Flash

702.8a Flash is a static ability that functions in any zone from which you could play the card it’s on. “Flash” means “You may play this card any time you could cast an instant.”

702.8b Multiple instances of flash on the same object are redundant.

Flash Cardlist

26 results
	Aether Meltdown (2) Enchantment — Aura Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature or Vehicle When Aether Meltdown enters the battlefield, you get (two energy counters). Enchanted permanent gets -4/-0.
	Archangel Avacyn (5) Legendary Creature — Angel (4/4) Flash Flying, vigilance When Archangel Avacyn enters the battlefield, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. When a non-Angel creature you control dies, transform Archangel Avacyn at the beginning of the next upkeep.
	Bounding Krasis (3) Creature — Fish Lizard (3/3) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Bounding Krasis enters the battlefield, you may tap or untap target creature.
	Cast Out (4) Enchantment Flash When Cast Out enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Cast Out leaves the battlefield. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
	Dimensional Infiltrator (2) Creature — Eldrazi (2/1) Devoid (This card has no color.) Flash Flying : Target opponent exiles the top card of his or her library. If it's a land card, you may return Dimensional Infiltrator to its owner's hand. ( represents colorless mana.)
	Drownyard Behemoth (9) Creature — Eldrazi Crab (5/7) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Emerge (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) Drownyard Behemoth has hexproof as long as it entered the battlefield this turn.
	Elder Deep-Fiend (8) Creature — Eldrazi Octopus (5/6) Flash Emerge (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.) When you cast Elder Deep-Fiend, tap up to four target permanents.
	Harbinger of the Tides (2) Creature — Merfolk Wizard (2/2) You may cast Harbinger of the Tides as though it had flash if you pay more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.) When Harbinger of the Tides enters the battlefield, you may return target tapped creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
	Heron's Grace Champion (4) Creature — Human Knight (3/3) Flash Lifelink When Heron's Grace Champion enters the battlefield, other Humans you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.
	Hixus, Prison Warden (5) Legendary Creature — Human Soldier (4/4) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, if Hixus, Prison Warden entered the battlefield this turn, exile that creature until Hixus leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)
	Howlpack Resurgence (3) Enchantment Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Each creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf gets +1/+1 and has trample.
	Nebelgast Herald (3) Creature — Spirit (2/1) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying Whenever Nebelgast Herald or another Spirit enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls.
	Pack Guardian (4) Creature — Wolf Spirit (4/3) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Pack Guardian enters the battlefield, you may discard a land card. If you do, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
	Pouncing Cheetah (3) Creature — Cat (3/2) Flash
	Rattlechains (2) Creature — Spirit (2/1) Flash Flying When Rattlechains enters the battlefield, target Spirit gains hexproof until end of turn. You may cast Spirit spells as though they had flash.
	Samut, Voice of Dissent (5) Legendary Creature — Human Warrior (3/4) Flash Double strike, vigilance, haste Other creatures you control have haste. , : Untap another target creature.
	Shielded Aether Thief (2) Creature — Vedalken Rogue (0/4) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever Shielded Aether Thief blocks, you get (an energy counter). , Pay : Draw a card.
	Spell Queller (3) Creature — Spirit (2/3) Flash Flying When Spell Queller enters the battlefield, exile target spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. When Spell Queller leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
	Spirit of the Hunt (3) Creature — Wolf Spirit (3/3) Flash When Spirit of the Hunt enters the battlefield, each other creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf gets +0/+3 until end of turn.
	Spontaneous Mutation (1) Enchantment — Aura Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -X/-0, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.
	Stormrider Spirit (5) Creature — Spirit (3/3) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying
	Thunderclap Wyvern (4) Creature — Drake (2/3) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.
	Torrential Gearhulk (6) Artifact Creature — Construct (5/6) Flash When Torrential Gearhulk enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
	Ulamog's Nullifier (4) Creature — Eldrazi Processor (2/3) Devoid (This card has no color.) Flash Flying When Ulamog's Nullifier enters the battlefield, you may put two cards your opponents own from exile into their owners' graveyards. If you do, counter target spell.
	Vile Redeemer (3) Creature — Eldrazi (3/3) Devoid (This card has no color.) Flash When you cast Vile Redeemer, you may pay . If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token for each nontoken creature that died under your control this turn. Those tokens have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."
	Void Grafter (3) Creature — Eldrazi Drone (2/4) Devoid (This card has no color.) Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Void Grafter enters the battlefield, another target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn.