Flash

Masters 25 (A25) #57 · Rare · Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}

You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, sacrifice it unless you pay its mana cost reduced by {2}.

No tactic transforms a battle like a well-timed carnivore.

Illustrated by Naomi Baker · Released March 16, 2018

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.23 USD (12.9%) to $1.55 USD; low $1.54 USD, high $1.78 USD.

Printings

  1. Masters 25 #57 (this printing) · Rare · 2018 · $1.55 USD
  2. Classic Sixth Edition #67 (6ED) · Rare · 1999 · $1.54 USD
  3. Mirage #66 (MIR) · Rare · 1996 · $3.45 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2018-03-16 · wotc — Only the generic mana in that creature's mana cost is reduced. For example, if that creature's mana cost is {1}{R}, you'll have to pay {R} to keep it.
  2. 2018-03-16 · wotc — The creature enters the battlefield, so it will trigger enters-the-battlefield abilities even if you choose not to pay.
  3. 2018-03-16 · wotc — If the creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  4. 2018-03-16 · wotc — If you choose not to pay, the creature is sacrificed immediately. No player will get priority in between the creature entering the battlefield and being sacrificed. Sacrificing the creature this way will trigger any abilities that trigger when it leaves the battlefield, and those abilities will be put onto the stack at the same time as those that triggered when it entered the battlefield.

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