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'''Flash''' is a [[keyword ability]] which allows cards to be played at any time you could play an [[Instant]]. Flash first appeared in the ''[[Time Spiral]]'' expansion, its first appearance in a [[core set]] is in ''[[Magic 2013]]''. Although this ability existed before ''Time Spiral'', this is the first time it was used a keyword. The earliest card with Flash is <c>King Cheetah</c> from ''[[Visions]]''. Older cards with this ability have received errata to give them Flash. | '''Flash''' is a [[keyword ability]] which allows cards to be played at any time you could play an [[Instant]]. Flash first appeared in the ''[[Time Spiral]]'' expansion <ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/daily/mr246|Plenty of Time|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 18, 2006}}</ref>, its first appearance in a [[core set]] is in ''[[Magic 2013]]''. Although this ability existed before ''Time Spiral'', this is the first time it was used a keyword. The earliest card with Flash is <c>King Cheetah</c> from ''[[Visions]]''. Older cards with this ability have received errata to give them Flash. | ||
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==Plane card that grants Flash== | ==Plane card that grants Flash== | ||
*<c>Akoum</c> (any players - enchantments) | *<c>Akoum</c> (any players - enchantments) | ||
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[[Category:Keywords]][[Category:Magic rules]] | [[Category:Keywords]][[Category:Magic rules]] | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 16 March 2014
Flash is a keyword ability which allows cards to be played at any time you could play an Instant. Flash first appeared in the Time Spiral expansion [1], its first appearance in a core set is in Magic 2013. Although this ability existed before Time Spiral, this is the first time it was used a keyword. The earliest card with Flash is King Cheetah from Visions. Older cards with this ability have received errata to give them Flash.
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Reminder text
The latest reminder text for flash reads "You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant."
Examples
Cards that grant Flash
Creatures
- Hypersonic Dragon
(sorceries) - Quick Sliver
(any player - Sliver cards) - Rootwater Shaman
(Aura with enchant creature) - Shimmer Myr (artifacts)
- Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (creatures you own that aren't on the battlefield)
- Yeva, Nature's Herald (green creatures)
Enchantments
- Aluren (any player - creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less)
- Leyline of Anticipation (nonland cards)
- Vernal Equinox (any player - creatures and enchantments)
Instants
- Quicken (next sorcery you cast this turn)
- Scout's Warning
(next creature you play this turn)
Artifacts
- Vedalken Orrery
(nonland cards)
Lands
- Alchemist's Refuge (nonland cards)
- Winding Canyons (,
: until end of turn, creatures)
Plane card that grants Flash
- Akoum (any players - enchantments)
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 18, 2006). "Plenty of Time". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.