Quest for Pure Flame

Card text

Whenever a source you control deals damage to an opponent, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.

Remove four quest counters from this enchantment and sacrifice it: If any source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player this turn, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.48 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Quest for Pure Flame by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Quest for Pure Flame

Quest for Pure Flame has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Quest for Pure Flame, newest first.

• 2009-10-01 If the source of the damage is a permanent, Quest for Pure Flame checks whether you control that permanent at the time that damage is dealt. If the permanent has left the battlefield by then, its last known information is used. If the source of the damage is a spell, whether you control it is obvious. If the source of the damage is a card in some other zone (such as a cycled Jund Sojourners), Quest for Pure Flame checks whether you’re the card’s owner, rather than whether you’re its controller.
• 2009-10-01 If a spell causes damage to be dealt, that spell will always identify the source of the damage. In most cases, the source is the spell itself. For example, Lightning Bolt says “Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.”
• 2009-10-01 If an ability causes damage to be dealt, that ability will always identify the source of the damage. The ability itself is never the source. However, the source of the ability is often the source of the damage. For example, Prodigal Pyromancer’s ability says “Prodigal Pyromancer deals 1 damage to any target.”
• 2009-10-01 If a spell or ability divides damage among multiple recipients (such as Arrow Volley Trap does), the damage is divided before Quest for Pure Fire’s effect doubles it. The same is true for combat damage.
• 2009-10-01 When the first ability resolves, you may put just one quest counter on Quest for Pure Flame. It doesn’t matter how much damage the source dealt.
• 2009-10-01 The first ability will trigger multiple times if multiple sources you control deal damage to a single opponent at once, or if a single source you control deals damage to multiple opponents at once.
• 2009-10-01 The source of combat damage is the creature that dealt it.
• 2009-10-01 Both of Quest for Pure Flame’s abilities interact with any kind of damage, not just combat damage.

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