Fling
Breaking News 24 • uncommon
- Set
- Breaking News
- Collector number
- 24
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Florey
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Fling, card number 24 from the Breaking News set, emerged during a period when trading card companies were experimenting with satirical and hyper-topical themes. Released to capture the frenetic energy of the modern news cycle, the set leaned into caricature and exaggerated headlines. It was designed to function as both a collectible and a commentary on how quickly information moves in the digital age, utilizing bold, high-contrast aesthetics typical of 1990s and early 2000s novelty card sets.
The illustrative style of the Breaking News set was crafted to mimic the visual language of tabloid journalism and urgent news bulletins. Artists involved in the project focused on expressive, almost frantic linework to convey the feeling of breaking events. Upon its release, the set was noted by collectors for its clever synthesis of pop culture tropes and visual humor, serving as a time capsule for the specific style of media consumption that characterized its era.
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