Hellfire
Masters Edition III (ME3) #70 · Rare · Sorcery
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}{B}
Destroy all nonblack creatures. Hellfire deals X plus 3 damage to you, where X is the number of creatures that died this way.
"High on a throne of royal state . . . insatiate to pursue vain war with heav'n."
—John Milton, Paradise Lost
Illustrated by Pete Venters · Released September 7, 2009 · On the Reserved List
Printings
- Masters Edition III #70 (this printing) · Rare · 2009
- Legends #105 (LEG) · Rare · 1994 · $108.14 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — A token creature that’s destroyed is put into its owner’s graveyard, and will be counted by Hellfire’s effect. (Immediately after Hellfire finishes resolving, the token will cease to exist.)
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — Hellfire checks the number of creatures put into graveyards as the result of its effect, not the number of creatures destroyed as a result of its effect. For example, a replacement effect that says “If a creature would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead” won’t affect whether a creature is destroyed or not, but will affect whether it’s put into a graveyard or not.
- 2009-10-01 · wotc — A creature that regenerates instead of being destroyed doesn’t leave the battlefield, so it’s not put into a graveyard.