Printings
Banefire
Card Information
Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: X
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 495
Oracle Text
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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 13, 2018
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.
Source: wotc - July 13, 2018
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.
Source: wotc - July 13, 2018
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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