Banefire
- Mana cost
- {X}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Salvat 2011 #92 (rare)
Banefire deals X damage to any target.
If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.
Banefire has 9 printings, first in Conflux (2009). EDHREC ranks it #4,171 among Commander cards. It appears most in Imodane, the Pyrohammer decks (2,893 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Banefire most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer: 2,893 decks
- Magus Lucea Kane: 1,891 decks
- Rowan, Scion of War: 1,781 decks
- Yurlok of Scorch Thrash: 1,656 decks
- Mizzix of the Izmagnus: 1,181 decks
- Neheb, the Eternal: 1,095 decks
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus: 855 decks
- Rosheen, Roaring Prophet: 839 decks
Often played with Banefire
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : To determine whether it can be countered and its damage can be prevented, Banefire checks the number you chose for X, not the amount of mana you actually spent or the amount of damage it will actually deal.
- : If its target is illegal by the time Banefire tries to resolve, the spell isn’t countered, but it doesn’t resolve. The target won’t be dealt damage.
- : Banefire can be targeted by spells that try to counter it regardless of what the value of X is. If X is 5 or more, those spells will still resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter Banefire won’t do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal.