Hellfire
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This printing
SetME3
Collector #70
Released2009-09-07
Rarityrare
ArtistPete Venters
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Hellfire

RareReserved listColour IDMV 5
Sorcery
Destroy all nonblack creatures. Hellfire deals X plus 3 damage to you, where X is the number of creatures that died this way.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 1994-06-01Newest 1994-06-01Cheapest priced $107.24 in LEG
Rulings (3)
wotc1 Oct 2009
A creature that regenerates instead of being destroyed doesn’t leave the battlefield, so it’s not put into a graveyard.
wotc1 Oct 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.)
wotc1 Oct 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.