Thoughtflare
Return to Ravnica 203 • uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 203
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- David Rapoza
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Draw four cards, then discard two cards.
"If this is thinking, I don't know what I was doing before."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thoughtflare was released in 2012 as part of the Return to Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the cityscape plane of Ravnica, the card represents the Izzet League, a guild defined by its chaotic fusion of magic and engineering. It was designed to capture the Izzet philosophy of impulsive, high-stakes experimentation, offering players a significant card advantage at the cost of discarding cards from their hand, reflecting the volatile nature of the guild's research.
The card’s artwork was illustrated by Chase Stone, who rendered a dramatic scene of an Izzet mage channeling immense energy. Stone, known for his work across the game during this era, focused on the visceral experience of a 'thoughtflare'—the moment a breakthrough is achieved amidst intellectual turmoil. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, if niche, inclusion for control-oriented decks, praised for its thematic cohesion with the Izzet identity of drawing deeper into one's resources to find specific answers.
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