---
name: "Hellfire"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ME3"
set_name: "Masters Edition III"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "e7b1975d-9574-4333-8530-33167948078a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hellfire-me3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hellfire
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy all nonblack creatures. Hellfire deals X plus 3 damage to you, where X is the number of creatures that died this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Their Name Is Death](/printing/their-name-is-death-40k.md) — Sorcery
2. [Extinguish All Hope](/printing/extinguish-all-hope-cmm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Damnation](/printing/damnation-2x2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Deadly Tempest](/printing/deadly-tempest-c21.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ashes to Ashes](/printing/ashes-to-ashes-me3.md) — Sorcery
6. [Bontu's Last Reckoning](/printing/bontus-last-reckoning-hou.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition III (ME3) #70
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters

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

## Official Rulings
- *(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.