Flashfires
Ninth Edition 183 • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 183
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
Destroy all Plains.
Dry grass is tinder before the spark.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Flashfires was originally printed in the Portal Second Age set in 1998 before being reprinted as card number 183 in the Ninth Edition core set, released in July 2005. As a core set, Ninth Edition was designed to provide a foundational pool of cards for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, serving as a gateway for new players while maintaining the game's established mechanical identity. The card is a red sorcery that functions as a board wipe specifically targeting lands of the Plains type, reflecting the color-pie philosophy where red is inherently destructive toward white-aligned territory.
The art for this iteration was illustrated by Greg Staples, who aimed to capture the visceral, chaotic nature of elemental fire consuming a landscape. His work on this piece follows his long-standing collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, emphasizing atmospheric lighting and aggressive composition. Upon release, the card was received as a niche sideboard option in competitive formats, valued for its narrow but powerful application against white-based control decks rather than as a staple for general play.
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