Banishing Light
Enchantment
Banishing Light
Enchantment
Card Text
When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- EDHREC Rank
- #2,336
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (96)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge of Eternities (EOE) | #6 | common | en | Rovina Cai | $0.12 | $0.11 |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #96 | uncommon | en | Irina Nordsol | $0.08 | — |
| Foundations (FDN) | #138 | common | en | Willian Murai | $0.12 | $0.12 |
| The List (PLST) | #KHC-19 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #1 | common | en | Zoltan Boros | $0.17 | $0.11 |
| The List (PLST) | #JOU-5 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.07 | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | en | Joseph Meehan | $0.06 | — |
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) | #9 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.06 | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | en | Willian Murai | $0.17 | $2.94 |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.12 | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.04 | — |
| Jumpstart Arena Exclusives (AJMP) | #4 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.07 | $0.15 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) | #18 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.19 | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.14 | — |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #53840 | uncommon | en | Wesley Burt | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | en | Willian Murai | $0.15 | $0.34 |
| Friday Night Magic 2014 (F14) | #9 | rare | en | Wesley Burt | — | $0.32 |
| Edge of Eternities (EOE) | #6 | common | de | Rovina Cai | — | — |
| Foundations (FDN) | #138 | common | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #96 | uncommon | de | Irina Nordsol | — | — |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #1 | common | de | Zoltan Boros | — | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | de | Joseph Meehan | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | de | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Edge of Eternities (EOE) | #6 | common | es | Rovina Cai | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #96 | uncommon | es | Irina Nordsol | — | — |
| Foundations (FDN) | #138 | common | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #1 | common | es | Zoltan Boros | — | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | es | Joseph Meehan | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | es | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Edge of Eternities (EOE) | #6 | common | fr | Rovina Cai | — | — |
| Foundations (FDN) | #138 | common | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #96 | uncommon | fr | Irina Nordsol | — | — |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #1 | common | fr | Zoltan Boros | — | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | fr | Joseph Meehan | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | fr | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Edge of Eternities (EOE) | #6 | common | it | Rovina Cai | — | — |
| Foundations (FDN) | #138 | common | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #96 | uncommon | it | Irina Nordsol | — | — |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #1 | common | it | Zoltan Boros | — | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | it | Joseph Meehan | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | it | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Edge of Eternities (EOE) | #6 | common | ja | Rovina Cai | — | — |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) | #96 | uncommon | ja | Irina Nordsol | — | — |
| Foundations (FDN) | #138 | common | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Bloomburrow (BLB) | #1 | common | ja | Zoltan Boros | — | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | ja | Joseph Meehan | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | ja | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | ko | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | ko | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #161 | uncommon | pt | Joseph Meehan | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | pt | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | pt | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | pt | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | pt | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | pt | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | ru | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | ru | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | ru | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | ru | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | ru | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | zhs | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | zhs | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) | #11 | uncommon | zhs | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | zhs | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Commander 2015 (C15) | #61 | uncommon | zhs | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | zhs | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #291 | special | zht | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) | #19 | uncommon | zht | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) | #4 | uncommon | zht | Willian Murai | — | — |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) | #5 | uncommon | zht | Willian Murai | — | — |
Official Rulings (8)
If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won’t be exiled.
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.
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
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.
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.
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.
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.
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