Banefire Price
9 printings · 8 sets · first printed 2009
Banefire has been printed 9 times across 8 sets, first in 2009 and most recently in 2022. Right now the cheapest printing is Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning #31 at $0.56, while the most expensive is Core Set 2019 Promos #130s at $5.84 — about 10× more. The median across 7 priced printings is $1.01. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 9x, including dedicated reprint sets like Jumpstart 2022, Modern Masters 2015.
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Every Banefire Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning #31 (R) Cheapest | 2014 | $0.56 | $0.50 |
| Modern Masters 2015 #104 (R) | 2015 | $0.71 | $1.80 foil |
| Core Set 2019 #130 (R) | 2018 | $0.78 | $0.52 |
| Duels of the Planeswalkers #38 (R) | 2010 | $1.01 | $0.23 |
| Conflux #58 (R) | 2009 | $2.02 | $0.25 |
| Jumpstart 2022 #495 (R) | 2022 | $3.31 | $0.17 |
| Core Set 2019 Promos #130s (R) Foil | 2018 | $5.84 | $1.35 foil |
| Core Set 2019 Promos #130p (R) | 2018 | — | $0.80 |
| Salvat 2011 #92 (R) | 2011 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 9 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsTo 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.
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.