Celestial Flare
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The ListPLST · #ORI-8
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · 0.26 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Target player sacrifices an attacking or blocking creature of their choice.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Clint Cearley
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-26
Flavour text
"You were defeated the moment you declared your aggression." —Gideon Jura
Rulings
Celestial Flare targets only a player, not any creature. A creature with hexproof or protection from white can be sacrificed this way.
Creatures continue to be attacking or blocking creatures through the end of combat step. It is possible to cast Celestial Flare within combat but after combat damage is dealt (specifically, during the combat damage step or the end of combat step). Only attacking and blocking creatures that survived combat damage can be sacrificed at this time.
If the player sacrifices a blocking creature, any attacking creature it was blocking remains blocked. Unless that attacking creature has trample or is being blocked by another creature, it won’t assign or deal combat damage.
