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Burn the Impure
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Mirrodin BesiegedMBS · #59
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.22 € · 0.03 $ · ★ 0.33 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Burn the Impure deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has infect, Burn the Impure deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Nic Klein
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-02-04
Flavour text
Flame doesn't kneel to Phyrexia.
Rulings
If the creature is an illegal target when Burn the Impure resolves, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen, even if that creature has infect.