Cleansing Beam (Magic: The Gathering-Commander) - Gatherer

Cleansing Beam

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Community Rating: 2.113 / 5 (31 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Cleansing Beam

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Radiance — Cleansing Beam deals 2 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it.

Flavor Text:

"Justice is toothless without punishment. Righteousness cannot succeed without the suffering of the guilty."

—Razia, Boros archangel

Expansion:

Magic: The Gathering-Commander

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

116

Artist:

Pat Lee

Language:

English

Rulings

10/1/2005	All creatures that share a color are affected, even your own.
10/1/2005	A creature "shares a color" with any creature that is at least one of its colors. For example, a green-white creature shares a color with creatures that are green, white, green-white, red-white, black-green, and so on.
10/1/2005	If it targets a colorless creature, it doesn't affect any other creatures. A colorless creature shares a color with nothing, not even other colorless creatures.
10/1/2005	You check which creatures share a color with the target when the spell resolves.
10/1/2005	Only one creature is targeted. If that creature leaves the battlefield or otherwise becomes an illegal target, the entire spell doesn't resolve. No other creatures are affected.