Name
Hellfire

Mana Cost

Type
Sorcery

Set
Legends

Rarity
Rare

Text

Destroy all nonblack creatures. Hellfire deals X plus 3 damage to you, where X is the number of creatures that died this way.


Flavor Text

"High on a throne of royal state . . . insatiate to pursue vain war with heav'n." —John Milton, *Paradise Lost*


Number
#105

Other Prints
Masters Edition III

Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Oathbreaker | Old School | Penny | Vintage

Availability
Paper

Rulings

(01/10/2009)
A creature that regenerates instead of being destroyed doesn’t leave the battlefield, so it’s not put into a graveyard.


(01/10/2009)
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.)


(01/10/2009)
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.


Artist
Pete Venters

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