Punishing Fire
Commander 2011 · #131 · Uncommon
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Punishing Fire deals 2 damage to any target.
Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Card details
- Shown printing
- Commander 2011 (CMD)
- Artist
- Christopher Moeller
- Color identity
- Red
- Colors
- Red
- Mana value
- 2
- First released
- October 2, 2009
- Printings
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #16715 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.23 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernBanned
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (3)
If Punishing Fire has left your graveyard by the time its triggered ability resolves, you may still pay
, 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.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.
You choose whether to pay
as the triggered ability resolves.
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