Punishing Fire

Public decks that run Punishing Fire

• Political Puppets - Commander 2011, led by Zedruu the Greathearted

Commanders that run Punishing Fire most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Gau, Feral Youth: 117 decks
• Matoc, Lavamancer: 91 decks
• Syr Carah, the Bold: 45 decks
• Jaya Ballard, Task Mage: 27 decks
• Shocker, Unshakable: 4 decks
• Stick, Fearless Mentor: 1 decks
• Donna Noble: 1 decks
• Gandalf, Spark Starter: 1 decks

Often played with Punishing Fire

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Pattern Buffer Preservation
• Kavu Predator
• Magma Jet
• Firebolt
• Slogurk, the Overslime
• Play with Fire
• Lava Spike
• Skullcrack
• Fire Servant
• Uktabi Orangutan

Rulings

• 2009-10-01: You choose whether to pay {R} as the triggered ability resolves.
• 2009-10-01: If Punishing Fire has left your graveyard by the time its triggered ability resolves, you may still pay {R}, but you won't return it to your hand. This is true even if Punishing Fire has left your graveyard and returned to it by the time its triggered ability resolves.
• 2009-10-01: Punishing Fire's triggered ability triggers only if it's already in your graveyard at the time an opponent gains life. For example, you can cast it in response to a spell or ability that will cause an opponent to gain life. In that case, Punishing Fire will resolve first, so it will be in the graveyard by the time the opponent gains life. However, if you wait until an opponent actually gains life and then cast Punishing Fire, you won't be able to return it to your hand at that time.