“"High on a throne of royal state . . . insatiate to pursue vain war with heav'n." —John Milton, Paradise Lost”
Hellfire
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {2}{B}{B}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: Destroy all nonblack creatures. Hellfire deals X plus 3 damage to you, where X is the number of creatures that died this way.
Flavor Text: "High on a throne of royal state . . . insatiate to pursue vain war with heav'n." —John Milton, Paradise Lost
Set: Masters Edition III (#70), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Pete Venters
Sorcery
Black
Rare
Reserved List
Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (3)
2009-10-01
A token creature that’s destroyed is put into its owner’s graveyard, and will be counted by Hellfire’s effect. (Immediately after Hellfire finishes resolving, the token will cease to exist.)
2009-10-01
Hellfire checks the number of creatures put into graveyards as the result of its effect, not the number of creatures destroyed as a result of its effect. For example, a replacement effect that says “If a creature would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead” won’t affect whether a creature is destroyed or not, but will affect whether it’s put into a graveyard or not.
2009-10-01
A creature that regenerates instead of being destroyed doesn’t leave the battlefield, so it’s not put into a graveyard.
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