MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #37

Balefire Dragon

DIGITAL ONLY

sis·#37·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Eric Deschamps

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,241 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Dragon

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.

6/6

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2018-12-07wotc

The damage dealt by Balefire Dragon’s triggered ability isn’t combat damage.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SIS — the lineup includes Nonfoil 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 #37 of *Shadows of the Past*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2023 Shadows of the Past release.

Card type: Creature — Dragon, color identity red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {5}{R}{R} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,241 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Eric Deschamps. Rarix catalogs 890 other cards credited to this artist.