Banish into Fable
Instant
When you cast this spell from your hand, copy it if you control an artifact, then copy it if you control an enchantment. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. You create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #21540
Banish into Fable exiles a nonland permanent and replaces it with a 2/2 token — meaningful board impact for six mana, but six mana is the problem. Sorcery speed at that cost puts it behind Generous Gift and Farewell in almost every Commander seat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Banish into Fable competes in a crowded field of unconditional removal, and six mana at sorcery speed is a real ask when Generous Gift and Anguished Unmaking exist at one and three. The 2/2 consolation token is flavor, not upside — your opponent gets a blocker and you spent your whole turn. Outside Commander, the picture is worse: Modern and Pioneer have no interest in a six-mana sorcery for single-target removal, and Legacy certainly doesn't. Oathbreaker shares Commander's card pool logic, so the same verdict applies there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Banish into Fable is deep bulk — you'll pull it from a common box, not pay for it. The price reflects the power level accurately, so don't expect movement.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.