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    Banishing Light

    Enchantment

    Banishing Light

    Illustrated by Rovina Cai

    EDHREC Rank #2,373
    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."

    Rulings (4)

    If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.

    Jul 25, 2025

    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.

    Jul 25, 2025

    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.

    Jul 25, 2025

    Legality

    Formats by platform

    Commander

    Competitive

    Digital

    Community & retro

    Printings (19)

    Banishing Light — Edge of Eternities
    EOE#6$0.17
    Edge of Eternities
    Banishing Light — The Hobbit Eternal
    HOC#161$0.51
    The Hobbit Eternal
    NEW