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◇ Catalog #142

Punishing Fire

zen·#142·uncommon·foil

Illus. Christopher Moeller

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Oct '09

17 yr ago

Value

$19.99+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $20 · low $18

NM$19.0

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$18–$20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $19low $0.03range 63200.0%n 54

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,933 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$19

Nonfoil$0.35

Gameplay

Instant

Punishing Fire deals 2 damage to any target. Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay {R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2009-10-01wotc

You choose whether to pay {R} as the triggered ability resolves.

2009-10-01wotc

If Punishing Fire has left your graveyard by the time its triggered ability resolves, you may still pay {R}, but you won't return it to your hand. This is true even if Punishing Fire has left your graveyard and returned to it by the time its triggered ability resolves.

2009-10-01wotc

Punishing Fire's triggered ability triggers only if it's already in your graveyard at the time an opponent gains life. For example, you can cast it in response to a spell or ability that will cause an opponent to gain life. In that case, Punishing Fire will resolve first, so it will be in the graveyard by the time the opponent gains life. However, if you wait until an opponent actually gains life and then cast Punishing Fire, you won't be able to return it to your hand at that time.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $18.99. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $18.99 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ZEN — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #142 of *Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2009 Zendikar release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. Banned in Modern.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,933 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Christopher Moeller. Rarix catalogs 1,011 other cards credited to this artist.