Banishing Light

thbTheros Beyond Death#4uncommon
{2}{W}
Legal in 19 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.17
Foil$0.15

Playset (4 copies) ≈ $0.68 at this printing's market price.

Track in your collection
0copies·$0.00
NMLPMPHPDMGTotal
Nonfoil
Foil
Total
LangENPaid avg

Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Enchantment

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

Ability breakdown
Abilities
TriggeredWhen this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Rulings
  • WotCJul 25, 2025

    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.

  • WotCJul 25, 2025

    If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won’t be exiled.

  • WotCJul 25, 2025

    If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.

  • WotCJul 25, 2025

    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.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    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.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    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.

Deck role

Plays as
Exile RemovalPlaneswalker RemovalSpot Removal

Combos

Loading combos…

Format legality

commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal

All printings (cheapest copy)

Market & price history
Flavor & art
The Champion reached for a stone, and Heliod placed the sun into her hand. —*The Theriad*
Illustrated by
Willian Murai
Reference & links
Card details
Artist
Willian Murai
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp