Hellfire (Legends) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Hellfire

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.625 / 5 (52 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Hellfire

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Sorcery

Card Text:

All non-black creatures are destroyed. Hellfire does X + 3 damage to you; X is the number of creatures placed in the graveyard.

Flavor Text:

"High on a throne of royal state . . . insatiate to pursue vain war with heav'n."John Milton, Paradise Lost

Expansion:

Legends

Rarity:

Rare

All Sets:

Artist:

Pete Venters

Language:

English

Rulings

10/1/2009	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.
10/1/2009	A creature that regenerates instead of being destroyed doesn't leave the battlefield, so it's not put into a graveyard.
10/1/2009	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.)