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Annihilating Fire

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Return to RavnicaRTR · #85

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.08 € · ★ 0.21 € · 0.05 $ · ★ 0.18 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Red

Card text

Annihilating Fire deals 3 damage to any target. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Clint Cearley
Card language: English
Release date: 2012-10-05

Flavour text

"The most impressive performances can be done only once." —Mote, Rakdos madcap

Rulings

2012-10-01

A creature dealt damage by Annihilating Fire that dies this turn will be exiled even if it wasn’t the target of Annihilating Fire (say, because the damage was redirected somehow).

2012-10-01

A creature dealt damage by Annihilating Fire will be exiled no matter why the creature would die. It could be destroyed by another spell or ability.

2012-10-01

The creature can still regenerate.