Banishing Light
2Enchantment
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When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
The Champion reached for a stone, and Heliod placed the sun into her hand. —*The Theriad*
Market prices
updated on 06/17/2026| Source | Normal | Foil |
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| Card Kingdom | $0.35 | — |
| Cardmarket | €0.15 | — |
| CardTrader Buy | €0.12 | — |
| TCGplayer | $0.15 | — |
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Rulings (8)
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.
03/19/2021If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.
03/19/2021If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
03/19/2021If 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 with shroud, 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.
03/19/2021If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
07/25/2025If Banishing Light leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won’t be exiled.
07/25/2025If 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.
07/25/2025Auras 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.
07/25/2025Legality by format
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |