Banefire
Conflux 58 • rare
- Set
- Conflux
- Collector number
- 58
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
- Market price
- $1.64
What it does
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.
For Sarkhan Vol, the dragon is the purest expression of life's savage splendor.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Banefire was introduced in the 2009 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Conflux, the second set of the Alara block. Developed as a powerful red sorcery, it was designed to provide players with a reliable, uncounterable damage spell that could scale in effectiveness as the game progressed. Its mechanics reflected the set's thematic focus on the convergence of disparate realities, offering a direct and efficient tool for closing games in both competitive and casual formats.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Christopher Moeller, who captured the intense, elemental nature of the spell through vivid, fiery imagery. Upon its release, Banefire was well-received by the player base for its strategic versatility, specifically its ability to bypass countermagic, which made it a staple in various red-aggressive deck archetypes throughout its time in the tournament rotation.
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