---
name: "Banishing Light"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SCD"
set_name: "Starter Commander Decks"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Willian Murai"
oracle_id: "f28b21a6-f7ce-437a-8c5b-0423cb55cefb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/banishing-light-scd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Banishing Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

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

> *The Champion reached for a stone, and Heliod placed the sun into her hand.
—The Theriad*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hieromancer's Cage](/printing/hieromancers-cage-m19.md) — Enchantment
2. [Web Up](/printing/web-up-spm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Stormplain Detainment](/printing/stormplain-detainment-tdm.md) — Enchantment
4. [Banishment](/printing/banishment-clb.md) — Enchantment
5. [Blessed Light](/printing/blessed-light-dom.md) — Instant
6. [Borrowed Time](/printing/borrowed-time-mid.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #9
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Willian Murai
- **Total Printings:** 100 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`