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Flaring Pain

Instant Common
3 printings EDHREC #17,825 Prices updated Aug 9, 2026
PLST #JUD-89
$0.95
▲ +$0.02 (+2.1%) 7 days
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Flaring Pain Price Summary

As of Aug 9, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Flaring Pain is $0.95 (PLST #JUD-89), and the most expensive is $18.24 (JUD #89, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.95, up 2.1% over 7 days, up 8.0% over 30 days, up 9.2% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $4.13 (2024).

Flaring Pain Printings & Prices

4 variants

Flaring Pain has 3 tracked printings across 3 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Sell Flaring Pain: Buylist Offers

5 offers

Card Kingdom currently pays $17.50 cash for JUD #89 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

Buyer Printing Finish Cash offer Retail Spread
Card Kingdom JUD #89 Foil $17.50 $34.99 50%
CoolStuffInc JUD #89 Foil $15.00
Card Kingdom JUD #89 Nonfoil $1.40 $2.79 50%
Card Kingdom PLST #JUD-89 Nonfoil $1.25 $2.49 50%
Card Kingdom WC03 #we89sb Nonfoil $1.15 $2.29 50%

Flaring Pain Rules Text & Legality

Instant — mana cost {1}{R}

Damage can't be prevented this turn.

Flashback {R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

""I don't rub salt in wounds. I use sulfur." —Matoc, lavamancer"

Flaring Pain is legal in Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard, Pioneer and Modern.

standard
Not legal
pioneer
Not legal
modern
Not legal

Flaring Pain Rulings

5 most recent
  • Mar 19, 2021 "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • Mar 19, 2021 A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • Mar 19, 2021 If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • Mar 19, 2021 To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • Mar 19, 2021 You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

4 printings

Flaring Pain has been reprinted 4 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
PLST #JUD-89 2022-04-29 Common Standard
WC03 #we89sb 2003-08-06 Common Standard
JUD #89 2002-05-27 Common Standard
JUD #89 2002-05-27 Common Standard

Flaring Pain in Commander

Flaring Pain is the #17,825 most-played card on EDHREC, down 152 places over the last 30 days.

Flaring Pain FAQ

How much is Flaring Pain worth?

Flaring Pain is worth about $0.95 for its cheapest playable printing as of Aug 9, 2026. Prices range from $0.95 to $18.24 across 3 tracked printings.

Is Flaring Pain legal in Commander?

Yes — Flaring Pain is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Legacy and Pauper.

Has Flaring Pain been reprinted?

Yes — Flaring Pain has been reprinted 4 times, with 3 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Flaring Pain cheap?

Flaring Pain trades at about $0.95 — 4 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#17,825 on EDHREC).