"Stygian demon! You are sentenced to ten cycles of illumination. May the light scour the shadow from your soul."
Banishing Light - Edge of Eternities (#6) - Illustrated by Rovina Cai - Magic: The Gathering Card

Banishing Light

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Enchantment

Mana Cost: {2}{W}

Oracle Rules Text: When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Flavor Text: "Stygian demon! You are sentenced to ten cycles of illumination. May the light scour the shadow from your soul."

Set: Edge of Eternities (#6), Rarity: Common, Artist: Rovina Cai

Enchantment White Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
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Banishing Light - Edge of Eternities MTG card scan Banishing Light Edge of Eternities Viewing EOE Common Rovina Cai 2025-08-01

Official Rulings (8)

2021-03-19
Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist. When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled.
2021-03-19
If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.
2021-03-19
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
2021-03-19
If an Aura is exiled this way, its owner chooses what it will enchant as it returns to the battlefield. An Aura put onto the battlefield this way doesn't target anything (so it could be attached to a permanent with shroud, for example), but the Aura's enchant ability restricts what it can be attached to. If the Aura can't legally be attached to anything, it remains in exile for the rest of the game.
2025-07-25
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
2025-07-25
If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won’t be exiled.
2025-07-25
If an Aura is exiled this way, its owner chooses what it will enchant as it returns to the battlefield. An Aura put onto the battlefield this way doesn’t target anything (so it could be attached to a permanent an opponent controls with hexproof, for example), but the Aura’s enchant ability restricts what it can be attached to. If the Aura can’t legally be attached to anything, it remains in exile for the rest of the game.
2025-07-25
Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist. When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled.

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