Banishing Stroke
Instant
Put target artifact, creature, or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.
Miracle 
(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #16487
Banishing Stroke puts any nonland permanent on the bottom of its owner's library — a clean answer to indestructible threats that exile-based removal misses. Six mana is steep for a one-for-one, but Aminatou, the Fateshifter decks recoup that cost by repeatedly flickering it back to hand and resetting miracle to drop it for a single white mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aminatou, the Fateshifter
Aminatou, the Fateshifter's flicker ability resets miracle triggers, meaning Banishing Stroke can fire repeatedly for one white mana as long as Aminatou keeps bouncing it back to hand — that loop turns a six-mana removal spell into one of the most efficient answers in the deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Banishing Stroke earns consistent play — the miracle cost is easiest to abuse with blink and topdeck manipulation, and a catch-all that handles indestructible permanents has real utility in a format full of Blightsteel Colossus and Darksteel Forge. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana is a non-starter and the miracle clause rarely triggers on demand without heavy support, so Banishing Stroke doesn't show up in those formats in practice. Modern and Pioneer have better one-for-one options at lower cost, and the miracle payoff isn't reliable enough to justify inclusion there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Banishing Stroke is deep bulk — grab a copy from any dollar bin or throw it into a cart as a filler card without a second thought. Bulk rare pricing like this doesn't move unless a deck breaks the miracle synergy wide open, so don't expect the number to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.