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Dark Banishing
- Instant
- Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
- "Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death,'
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death."
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
- Drew Tucker (Ice Age) - Dermot Power (Mirage, Eighth Edition, Ninth Edition, Divine vs. Demonic) - John Matson (Tempest) - Rebecca Guay (Seventh Edition)
- Common (Ice Age, Mirage, Tempest, Seventh Edition, Eighth Edition, Ninth Edition) - Rare (Divine vs. Demonic)
Dark Banishing was originally released on June 1995 with the release of the Ice Age Magic The Gathering edition. This card has since been reprinted in 7 sets, with 4 artists contributing to the various card designs.
With the release of the Mirage version of Dark Banishing on October 1996, The flavortext on Dark Banishing was modified to read: "Femeref was guided by the wisdom of the Council of Voices. But in one terrible instant, they were slain, leaving Asmira as the sole voice of leadership." —Hakim, Loreweaver
With the release of the Tempest version of Dark Banishing on October 1997, The flavortext on Dark Banishing was modified to read: "It is the way of most wizards to begin by exiling themselves and to end by exiling everyone else." —Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
With the release of the Seventh Edition version of Dark Banishing on April 2, 2001, The flavortext on Dark Banishing was modified to read: "Hence ‘banishèd' is banished from the world, / And the world's exile is death." —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
With the release of the Eighth Edition version of Dark Banishing on July 28, 2003, The flavortext on Dark Banishing was modified to read: "Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death,' For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death." —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
With the release of the Divine vs. Demonic version of Dark Banishing on April 10, 2009, The flavortext on Dark Banishing was modified to read: "Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death,'
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death."
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet