Flash Foliage

set	min	mtgo
-	1.10	0.03 tix

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Name	Flash Foliage
Type	Instant
Description	Cast this spell only during combat after blockers are declared. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token that's blocking target creature attacking you. Draw a card.
Flavor	"This undemanding vegetation takes root in a mote of dust but grows incredibly quickly." —Simic research notes
Artist	Ron Spears
Set	Dissension #85
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Flash Foliage

Flash Foliage, Instant, designed by Ron Spears first released in May, 2006 in the set Dissension. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 1.10.

This card, Flash Foliage, would benefit a deck that focuses on defense and card advantage in Magic: the Gathering. It can be particularly useful in a green-based midrange or control deck looking to stall the opponent's attacks and generate additional resources. While Flash Foliage offers a unique combination of token generation and card draw, there are potentially more efficient options available, such as Rootborn Defenses or Heroic Intervention, which provide similar protection effects at instant speed without the restriction of being played only during combat. Overall, Flash Foliage could see play in specific strategies that value its unique abilities, but it may not be a staple inclusion in most decks due to its situational nature and the availability of more versatile alternatives.

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09/20/13

If a turn has multiple combat phases, this spell can be cast during any of them as long as it’s after the beginning of that phase’s Declare Blockers Step.

05/01/06

Flash Foliage can be cast only during an opponent’s combat phase, after attackers have been declared. If it’s cast after combat damage is dealt, the Saproling will enter the battlefield blocking the attacking creature, but will neither deal combat damage to it nor be dealt combat damage by it.

05/01/06

Putting a blocking creature onto the battlefield will trigger “When this creature becomes blocked by a creature” abilities. It may trigger “When this creature becomes blocked” abilities, but only if the creature the Saproling is blocking had not yet been blocked that combat.

05/01/06

The Saproling token is blocking the attacking creature, even if the block couldn’t legally be declared (for example, if the attacking creature has flying, or is Vindictive Mob).

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