Cleansing Beam

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Cleansing Beam: Instant, Commander Anthology. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander Anthology (CMA)
Released
2017-06-09
Collector number
78
Artist
Pat Lee
Commander rank
26,640 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Radiance

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About Cleansing Beam

Cleansing Beam is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red instant from Commander Anthology (CMA), a Commander product released in June 2017. It is collector number 78 in that set, with art by Pat Lee. It costs {4}{R} (four generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) to Commander Anthology (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Radiance - Cleansing Beam deals 2 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it.

"Justice is toothless without punishment. Righteousness cannot succeed without the suffering of the guilty." -Razia, Boros archangel

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (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 Cleansing Beam by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Cleansing Beam

Cleansing Beam has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2011 (CMD) #116Uncommon2011
Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #118Uncommon2005

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Cleansing Beam, newest first.

  • All creatures that share a color are affected, even your own.
  • If it targets a colorless creature, it doesn’t affect any other creatures. A colorless creature shares a color with nothing, not even other colorless creatures.
  • A creature “shares a color” with any creature that is at least one of its colors. For example, a green-white creature shares a color with creatures that are green, white, green-white, red-white, black-green, and so on.
  • You check which creatures share a color with the target when the spell resolves.
  • Only one creature is targeted. If that creature leaves the battlefield or otherwise becomes an illegal target, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. No other creatures are affected.

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