Banefire
{X}{R}Sorcery
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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.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Protection — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official 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. (2018-07-13)
- 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. (2018-07-13)
- 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. (2018-07-13)
Printings & prices
Every set Banefire has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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