Balefire Dragon
Balefire Dragon: Creature - Dragon, Innistrad Remastered. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Dragon
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered (INR)
- Released
- 2025-01-24
- Collector number
- 479
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Balefire Dragon
Balefire Dragon is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red creature from Innistrad Remastered (INR), a Masters set released in January 2025. It is collector number 479 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {5}{R}{R} (five generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 6/6 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Innistrad (2011) to Innistrad Remastered (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $17.49 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.
If it comes for you, die boldly or die swiftly-for die you will.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $17.49 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Balefire Dragon by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Balefire Dragon
Balefire Dragon has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Masters (CMM) #207 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #530 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #697 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Shadows of the Past (SIS) #37 | Mythic | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #ISD-129 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) #U14 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #124 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Innistrad (ISD) #129 | Mythic | 2011 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Balefire Dragon.
- The damage dealt by Balefire Dragon’s triggered ability isn’t combat damage.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.