Banishing Light

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Banishing Light: Enchantment, Edge of Eternities. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Common
Set
Edge of Eternities (EOE)
Released
2025-08-01
Collector number
6
Artist
Rovina Cai
Commander rank
2,357 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Banishing Light

Banishing Light is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white enchantment from Edge of Eternities (EOE), an expansion set released in August 2025. It is collector number 6 in that set, with art by Rovina Cai. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 18 sets, from Journey into Nyx (2014) to The Hobbit Eternal (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

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

"Stygian demon! You are sentenced to ten cycles of illumination. May the light scour the shadow from your soul."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.17 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Banishing Light by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Banishing Light

Banishing Light has been printed in 18 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #161Uncommon2026
Foundations (FDN) #138Common2024
Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #96Uncommon2024
The List (PLST) #KHC-19Uncommon2024
Bloomburrow (BLB) #1Common2024
The List (PLST) #JOU-5Uncommon2024
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #161Uncommon2023
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #9Uncommon2022
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #291Special2021
Kaldheim Commander (KHC) #19Uncommon2021
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #11Uncommon2020
Jumpstart Arena Exclusives (AJMP) #4Uncommon2020

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Banishing Light, newest first.

  • If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won’t be exiled.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.

Similar cards

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