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Burn from Within
Sorcery
rare
Burn from Within deals X damage to any target. If a creature is dealt damage this way, it loses indestructible until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Semantic Tags
A spell that deals direct damage to creatures or players.
Random, chaotic, or coin-flip effects that create unpredictable game states.
A keyword ability that affects how an object deals damage to creatures and players. See rule 702.90, “Infect.”
A keyword ability that allows a spell to affect either a single target or many objects. See rule 702.96, “Overload.”
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Printings (3)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered#147 | rare | · | · | · |
| Shadows over Innistrad Promos#148s | rare | · | · | · |
| Shadows over Innistrad#148 | rare | · | · | · |
Related Rules
Damage dealt to a player by a source without infect causes that player to lose that much life.
Damage dealt to a player by a source with infect causes that source’s controller to give the player that many poison counters.
Damage dealt to a creature by a source with wither and/or infect causes that source’s controller to put that many -1/-1 counters on that creature.
Damage dealt to a creature by a source with neither wither nor infect causes that much damage to be marked on that creature.
Multiple instances of infect on the same object are redundant.
Damage dealt to a creature by a source with neither wither nor infect is marked on that creature (see rule 120.3). If the total damage marked on that creature is greater than or equal to its toughness, that creature has been dealt lethal damage and is destroyed as a state-based action (see rule 704). All damage marked on a creature is removed when it regenerates (see rule 701.19, “Regenerate”) and during the cleanup step (see rule 514.2).
Infect
Infect is a static ability.
Rulings
If Burn from Within doesn’t deal damage to the target creature (perhaps because that damage was prevented or X is 0), neither additional effect will apply. It won’t lose indestructible, and it won’t be exiled instead of dying that turn.
You can target a creature that doesn’t have indestructible with Burn from Within. It will still be exiled if it would die this turn.
The damaged creature will be exiled if it would die for any reason that turn, not just if it dies due to damage from Burn from Within.