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.
Banefire
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.
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $6.22. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.20 and $6.22 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PM19 — the lineup includes Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #130s of *Core Set 2019 Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the July 2018 Core Set 2019 release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{R} (1 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #3,932 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Raymond Swanland. Rarix catalogs 886 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Raymond Swanland
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