Art by Even Amundsen
Balefang the Unslayable
Legendary Creature — Demon Dragon
Flying, trample, protection from Angels and from Archons Players can't gain life. When Balefang enters, target opponent creates a tapped Baneslayer Angel token. The token is goaded for the rest of the game. (It's a {3}{W}{W} 5/5 Angel creature with flying, first strike, lifelink, and protection from Demons and from Dragons.)
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Most Played With Balefang the Unslayable (184)
Sol Ring
91% of decks · $1.38
Cursed Mirror
75% of decks · $0.30
Arcane Signet
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Twinflame
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Vengeful Ancestor
67% of decks · $0.47
Delina, Wild Mage
66% of decks · $4.70
Helm of the Host
66% of decks · $5.15
Return the Favor
65% of decks · $1.08
Big Score
64% of decks · $0.41
Insurrection
63% of decks · $15.55
Death Kiss
59% of decks · $3.29
Bothersome Quasit
58% of decks · $14.38
Molten Duplication
57% of decks · $16.15
Devastating Onslaught
57% of decks · $4.02
Panharmonicon
54% of decks · $6.57
Curse of Opulence
53% of decks · $4.67
Vandalblast
51% of decks · $1.70
Abrade
49% of decks · $0.32
Heat Shimmer
49% of decks · $7.29
Unexpected Windfall
48% of decks · $3.03
Untimely Malfunction
48% of decks · $9.10
Seething Song
46% of decks · $11.52
Sword of Hearth and Home
44% of decks · $16.58
Shiny Impetus
44% of decks · $0.24
Disrupt Decorum
43% of decks · $4.34
Deflecting Swat
42% of decks · $72.64
Seize the Spoils
42% of decks · $0.26
Agitator Ant
40% of decks · $0.35
Bolt Bend
39% of decks · $5.18
Solemn Simulacrum
39% of decks · $0.34
Fiendish Duo
39% of decks · $2.97
Valakut Awakening
39% of decks
Faithless Looting
39% of decks · $0.39
Flamerush Rider
37% of decks · $0.24
Demand Answers
37% of decks · $0.63
Life of the Party
37% of decks · $11.35
Fire Diamond
37% of decks · $0.39
Throne of Eldraine
36% of decks · $29.42
Dragon's Hoard
36% of decks · $0.58
Mind Stone
36% of decks
Mana Geyser
35% of decks · $1.24
Goldspan Dragon
35% of decks · $11.19
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
34% of decks · $0.59
Flameshadow Conjuring
33% of decks · $3.84
Frontier Warmonger
33% of decks · $0.36
Jeska's Will
33% of decks · $41.42
Professional Face-Breaker
31% of decks · $6.43
Pinnacle Monk
31% of decks
Seize the Spotlight
31% of decks · $16.34
Terror of the Peaks
30% of decks · $30.61
Wayfarer's Bauble
30% of decks · $5.61
Chandra, Flameshaper
30% of decks · $1.02
Hexing Squelcher
30% of decks · $19.24
Spectacular Showdown
29% of decks · $3.41
Tibalt's Trickery
29% of decks · $10.50
Sunspine Lynx
28% of decks · $1.47
Redirect Lightning
28% of decks · $10.85
Choreographed Sparks
27% of decks · $0.29
Swiftfoot Boots
27% of decks
Count on Luck
27% of decks · $0.46
Rionya, Fire Dancer
26% of decks · $0.40
Clive, Ifrit's Dominant
26% of decks
Commander's Plate
25% of decks · $38.74
Lightning Bolt
25% of decks · $0.87
Fellwar Stone
24% of decks
Thrill of Possibility
23% of decks · $0.29
Descent into Avernus
23% of decks · $13.20
The Sound of Drums
23% of decks · $4.98
Geode Rager
22% of decks · $1.42
Wild Magic Surge
20% of decks · $1.21
Call for Aid
19% of decks · $0.30
Bloodthirsty Blade
19% of decks · $0.36
Strionic Resonator
19% of decks · $7.50
Humble Defector
18% of decks · $0.30
Molten Primordial
18% of decks · $1.31
Voyager Staff
18% of decks · $0.32
Thought Vessel
18% of decks
Worn Powerstone
18% of decks · $0.38
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
17% of decks · $10.70
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
17% of decks · $0.30
Gamble
17% of decks · $18.85
Lightning Greaves
17% of decks · $4.00
Molten Echoes
17% of decks · $8.65
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
16% of decks · $0.33
Red Elemental Blast
16% of decks · $12.39
Sundering Eruption
16% of decks
Extraplanar Lens
16% of decks · $14.06
Loki's Scepter
16% of decks · $2.12
Roaming Throne
16% of decks · $51.97
Flashback
16% of decks · $3.22
Chain Reaction
16% of decks · $0.30
Ornithopter of Paradise
15% of decks · $2.23
Iron Myr
15% of decks · $0.74
Bonehoard Dracosaur
15% of decks · $15.85
Havoc Eater
15% of decks · $1.28
Tablet of Discovery
14% of decks · $1.69
Bedlam
14% of decks · $9.01
Combustible Gearhulk
14% of decks · $0.36
Glittering Stockpile
14% of decks · $0.42
Khârn the Betrayer
13% of decks · $6.87
Rampaging Ferocidon
13% of decks · $2.56
Screaming Nemesis
13% of decks · $7.57
Wheel of Misfortune
13% of decks · $7.92
Snort
13% of decks · $0.29
Pyretic Ritual
13% of decks · $6.89
Vision of Love
13% of decks · $0.27
Liquimetal Torque
13% of decks · $3.02
Reverberate
13% of decks · $2.92
The Reaver Cleaver
13% of decks · $30.11
Shatterskull Smashing
12% of decks
The One Ring
12% of decks · $116.27
Leyline of Punishment
12% of decks · $3.00
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
12% of decks
Slicer, Hired Muscle
12% of decks
Raphael's Technique
12% of decks · $0.34
Fast Forward
12% of decks · $0.36
Endless Atlas
12% of decks · $2.56
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
11% of decks · $0.44
Firbolg Flutist
11% of decks · $0.31
Lithoform Engine
11% of decks · $7.30
Chandra's Ignition
11% of decks · $8.98
Mithril Coat
11% of decks · $29.34
Caged Sun
11% of decks · $3.87
Mirror March
11% of decks · $1.97
Avatar of Slaughter
10% of decks · $0.37
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
10% of decks · $40.77
Brash Taunter
10% of decks · $4.18
Parapet Thrasher
10% of decks · $3.67
Pirate's Pillage
10% of decks · $1.73
War's Toll
10% of decks · $11.53
Glimpse the Impossible
10% of decks · $0.23
Hazoret's Monument
10% of decks · $2.18
Rite of the Raging Storm
10% of decks · $2.20
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
9% of decks · $0.57
Earthquake
9% of decks · $0.53
Wheel of Fortune
9% of decks
Mass Mutiny
9% of decks · $0.45
Gauntlet of Might
9% of decks
Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
9% of decks · $0.40
Furnace of Rath
9% of decks · $7.44
Magus of the Wheel
9% of decks · $1.37
Thran Dynamo
9% of decks · $4.43
Breaching Dragonstorm
9% of decks · $0.28
Coronation of Chaos
9% of decks · $0.18
Song-Mad Treachery
9% of decks
Peter Parker's Camera
9% of decks · $1.56
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
8% of decks · $3.54
Twinflame Tyrant
8% of decks · $27.05
Ancient Copper Dragon
8% of decks · $135.51
Taunting Kobold
8% of decks · $0.25
Desperate Ritual
8% of decks · $6.40
Flare of Duplication
8% of decks · $2.33
Tome of Legends
8% of decks · $0.30
Dictate of the Twin Gods
8% of decks · $1.63
Nibelheim Aflame
8% of decks · $3.72
Kindle the Inner Flame
8% of decks · $0.21
Mirror-Style Master
7% of decks · $0.32
Frenzied Saddlebrute
7% of decks · $0.36
Waltz of Rage
7% of decks · $0.30
Gauntlet of Power
7% of decks · $4.09
Coveted Jewel
7% of decks · $0.29
Popular Entertainer
7% of decks · $0.31
Sandstorm Crasher
7% of decks · $0.31
Kazuul's Fury
7% of decks
Cathartic Reunion
7% of decks · $0.27
Sword of the Animist
7% of decks · $5.42
Wyll's Reversal
6% of decks · $3.76
Pyroblast
6% of decks · $10.94
Mirror Gallery
6% of decks · $10.74
Expedition Map
6% of decks · $1.44
Commander's Sphere
6% of decks · $0.34
Total War
6% of decks · $1.71
Valakut Exploration
6% of decks · $3.88
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
6% of decks · $1.64
Mob Verdict
6% of decks · $0.36
Besmirch
6% of decks · $0.35
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
6% of decks
Vow of Lightning
6% of decks · $0.28
Maximum Carnage
6% of decks · $1.13
Light Up the Stage
5% of decks · $0.35
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
5% of decks · $20.11
Roiling Vortex
5% of decks · $1.79
Fiery Emancipation
5% of decks · $13.60
Acquired Mutation
5% of decks · $0.31
New Cards
Troop of Ponies
21% of decks · $0.33
Desolation of Smaug
15% of decks · $0.34
Smaug the Magnificent
10% of decks · $18.71
Stingcaster Mage
7% of decks · $5.83
Face Yourself
4% of decks · $0.33
Creatures (50)
Vengeful Ancestor
67% of decks · $0.47
Delina, Wild Mage
66% of decks · $4.70
Death Kiss
59% of decks · $3.29
Bothersome Quasit
58% of decks · $14.38
Agitator Ant
40% of decks · $0.35
Solemn Simulacrum
39% of decks · $0.34
Fiendish Duo
39% of decks · $2.97
Flamerush Rider
37% of decks · $0.24
Life of the Party
37% of decks · $11.35
Goldspan Dragon
35% of decks · $11.19
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
34% of decks · $0.59
Frontier Warmonger
33% of decks · $0.36
Professional Face-Breaker
31% of decks · $6.43
Pinnacle Monk
31% of decks
Terror of the Peaks
30% of decks · $30.61
Hexing Squelcher
30% of decks · $19.24
Sunspine Lynx
28% of decks · $1.47
Rionya, Fire Dancer
26% of decks · $0.40
Clive, Ifrit's Dominant
26% of decks
Geode Rager
22% of decks · $1.42
Humble Defector
18% of decks · $0.30
Molten Primordial
18% of decks · $1.31
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
17% of decks · $10.70
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
17% of decks · $0.30
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
16% of decks · $0.33
Roaming Throne
16% of decks · $51.97
Ornithopter of Paradise
15% of decks · $2.23
Iron Myr
15% of decks · $0.74
Bonehoard Dracosaur
15% of decks · $15.85
Havoc Eater
15% of decks · $1.28
Combustible Gearhulk
14% of decks · $0.36
Khârn the Betrayer
13% of decks · $6.87
Rampaging Ferocidon
13% of decks · $2.56
Screaming Nemesis
13% of decks · $7.57
Slicer, Hired Muscle
12% of decks
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
11% of decks · $0.44
Firbolg Flutist
11% of decks · $0.31
Avatar of Slaughter
10% of decks · $0.37
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
10% of decks · $40.77
Brash Taunter
10% of decks · $4.18
Parapet Thrasher
10% of decks · $3.67
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
9% of decks · $0.57
Magus of the Wheel
9% of decks · $1.37
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
8% of decks · $3.54
Twinflame Tyrant
8% of decks · $27.05
Ancient Copper Dragon
8% of decks · $135.51
Taunting Kobold
8% of decks · $0.25
Mirror-Style Master
7% of decks · $0.32
Frenzied Saddlebrute
7% of decks · $0.36
Sandstorm Crasher
7% of decks · $0.31
Instants (27)
Return the Favor
65% of decks · $1.08
Big Score
64% of decks · $0.41
Abrade
49% of decks · $0.32
Unexpected Windfall
48% of decks · $3.03
Untimely Malfunction
48% of decks · $9.10
Seething Song
46% of decks · $11.52
Deflecting Swat
42% of decks · $72.64
Bolt Bend
39% of decks · $5.18
Valakut Awakening
39% of decks
Demand Answers
37% of decks · $0.63
Tibalt's Trickery
29% of decks · $10.50
Redirect Lightning
28% of decks · $10.85
Choreographed Sparks
27% of decks · $0.29
Lightning Bolt
25% of decks · $0.87
Thrill of Possibility
23% of decks · $0.29
Wild Magic Surge
20% of decks · $1.21
Red Elemental Blast
16% of decks · $12.39
Flashback
16% of decks · $3.22
Pyretic Ritual
13% of decks · $6.89
Vision of Love
13% of decks · $0.27
Reverberate
13% of decks · $2.92
Raphael's Technique
12% of decks · $0.34
Desperate Ritual
8% of decks · $6.40
Flare of Duplication
8% of decks · $2.33
Kazuul's Fury
7% of decks
Wyll's Reversal
6% of decks · $3.76
Pyroblast
6% of decks · $10.94
Sorceries (36)
Twinflame
68% of decks · $0.85
Insurrection
63% of decks · $15.55
Molten Duplication
57% of decks · $16.15
Devastating Onslaught
57% of decks · $4.02
Vandalblast
51% of decks · $1.70
Heat Shimmer
49% of decks · $7.29
Disrupt Decorum
43% of decks · $4.34
Seize the Spoils
42% of decks · $0.26
Faithless Looting
39% of decks · $0.39
Mana Geyser
35% of decks · $1.24
Jeska's Will
33% of decks · $41.42
Seize the Spotlight
31% of decks · $16.34
Spectacular Showdown
29% of decks · $3.41
Call for Aid
19% of decks · $0.30
Gamble
17% of decks · $18.85
Sundering Eruption
16% of decks
Chain Reaction
16% of decks · $0.30
Wheel of Misfortune
13% of decks · $7.92
Snort
13% of decks · $0.29
Shatterskull Smashing
12% of decks
Fast Forward
12% of decks · $0.36
Chandra's Ignition
11% of decks · $8.98
Pirate's Pillage
10% of decks · $1.73
Glimpse the Impossible
10% of decks · $0.23
Earthquake
9% of decks · $0.53
Wheel of Fortune
9% of decks
Mass Mutiny
9% of decks · $0.45
Coronation of Chaos
9% of decks · $0.18
Song-Mad Treachery
9% of decks
Nibelheim Aflame
8% of decks · $3.72
Kindle the Inner Flame
8% of decks · $0.21
Waltz of Rage
7% of decks · $0.30
Cathartic Reunion
7% of decks · $0.27
Mob Verdict
6% of decks · $0.36
Besmirch
6% of decks · $0.35
Light Up the Stage
5% of decks · $0.35
Utility Artifacts (23)
Helm of the Host
66% of decks · $5.15
Panharmonicon
54% of decks · $6.57
Sword of Hearth and Home
44% of decks · $16.58
Wayfarer's Bauble
30% of decks · $5.61
Swiftfoot Boots
27% of decks
Commander's Plate
25% of decks · $38.74
Bloodthirsty Blade
19% of decks · $0.36
Strionic Resonator
19% of decks · $7.50
Voyager Staff
18% of decks · $0.32
Lightning Greaves
17% of decks · $4.00
The Reaver Cleaver
13% of decks · $30.11
The One Ring
12% of decks · $116.27
Endless Atlas
12% of decks · $2.56
Lithoform Engine
11% of decks · $7.30
Mithril Coat
11% of decks · $29.34
Hazoret's Monument
10% of decks · $2.18
Gauntlet of Might
9% of decks
Peter Parker's Camera
9% of decks · $1.56
Tome of Legends
8% of decks · $0.30
Sword of the Animist
7% of decks · $5.42
Mirror Gallery
6% of decks · $10.74
Expedition Map
6% of decks · $1.44
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
6% of decks
Mana Artifacts (22)
Sol Ring
91% of decks · $1.38
Cursed Mirror
75% of decks · $0.30
Arcane Signet
72% of decks · $0.49
Fire Diamond
37% of decks · $0.39
Throne of Eldraine
36% of decks · $29.42
Dragon's Hoard
36% of decks · $0.58
Mind Stone
36% of decks
Fellwar Stone
24% of decks
Thought Vessel
18% of decks
Worn Powerstone
18% of decks · $0.38
Extraplanar Lens
16% of decks · $14.06
Loki's Scepter
16% of decks · $2.12
Tablet of Discovery
14% of decks · $1.69
Glittering Stockpile
14% of decks · $0.42
Liquimetal Torque
13% of decks · $3.02
Caged Sun
11% of decks · $3.87
Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
9% of decks · $0.40
Thran Dynamo
9% of decks · $4.43
Gauntlet of Power
7% of decks · $4.09
Coveted Jewel
7% of decks · $0.29
Commander's Sphere
6% of decks · $0.34
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
5% of decks · $20.11
Enchantments (24)
Curse of Opulence
53% of decks · $4.67
Shiny Impetus
44% of decks · $0.24
Flameshadow Conjuring
33% of decks · $3.84
Count on Luck
27% of decks · $0.46
Descent into Avernus
23% of decks · $13.20
The Sound of Drums
23% of decks · $4.98
Molten Echoes
17% of decks · $8.65
Bedlam
14% of decks · $9.01
Leyline of Punishment
12% of decks · $3.00
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
12% of decks
Mirror March
11% of decks · $1.97
War's Toll
10% of decks · $11.53
Rite of the Raging Storm
10% of decks · $2.20
Furnace of Rath
9% of decks · $7.44
Breaching Dragonstorm
9% of decks · $0.28
Dictate of the Twin Gods
8% of decks · $1.63
Popular Entertainer
7% of decks · $0.31
Total War
6% of decks · $1.71
Valakut Exploration
6% of decks · $3.88
Vow of Lightning
6% of decks · $0.28
Maximum Carnage
6% of decks · $1.13
Roiling Vortex
5% of decks · $1.79
Fiery Emancipation
5% of decks · $13.60
Acquired Mutation
5% of decks · $0.31
Planeswalkers (2)
Chandra, Flameshaper
30% of decks · $1.02
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
6% of decks · $1.64
Utility Lands (22)
War Room
57% of decks
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
43% of decks
Arena of Glory
43% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
37% of decks
Command Beacon
29% of decks
Spinerock Knoll
18% of decks
Bonders' Enclave
18% of decks
Scavenger Grounds
18% of decks
Rogue's Passage
18% of decks
Buried Ruin
15% of decks
Reliquary Tower
15% of decks
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
14% of decks
Forgotten Cave
11% of decks
Terrain Generator
11% of decks
Ancient Tomb
10% of decks
Urza's Saga
10% of decks
Mines of Moria
9% of decks
Fire Nation Palace
8% of decks
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
7% of decks
Sanctum of Eternity
7% of decks
Castle Embereth
7% of decks
Arcane Lighthouse
6% of decks
Lands (12)
Mountain
89% of decks
Valakut Awakening
39% of decks
Myriad Landscape
33% of decks
Pinnacle Monk
31% of decks
Sundering Eruption
16% of decks
Snow-Covered Mountain
13% of decks
Shatterskull Smashing
12% of decks
Demolition Field
9% of decks
Song-Mad Treachery
9% of decks
Kazuul's Fury
7% of decks
Urza's Cave
6% of decks
Gemstone Caverns
6% of decks
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