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Banon, the Returners' Leader
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Banon, the Returners' Leader

{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric Rebel

Pray — Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from among cards in your graveyard that were put there from anywhere other than the battlefield this turn.

Whenever you attack, you may pay {1} and discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

"You are this world's last ray of light... our final hope."

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Pray
Set
Final Fantasy Commander (FIC #165)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Daniel Landerman
EDHREC rank
#6,713
Colour identity
{R}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.18
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
DrawRecursion

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Monument to Endurance 58 %+53.0 %
  2. Faithless Looting 69 %+51.6 %
  3. Gau, Feral Youth 49 %+48.9 %
  4. Magmakin Artillerist 50 %+48.9 %
  5. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 52 %+48.8 %
  6. Conspiracy Theorist 50 %+47.1 %
  7. Sevinne's Reclamation 60 %+45.8 %
  8. Hardened Academic 50 %+45.7 %
  9. Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant 46 %+42.7 %
  10. Ark of Hunger 50 %+42.7 %
  11. Anger 49 %+42.3 %
  12. Enterprising Scallywag 42 %+42.0 %
  13. Ivora, Insatiable Heir 42 %+41.0 %
  14. Demand Answers 49 %+40.7 %
  15. Marauding Mako 40 %+39.7 %
  16. Thrill of Possibility 51 %+39.6 %
  17. Surly Badgersaur 41 %+39.5 %
  18. Thrilling Discovery 44 %+38.1 %
  19. Sun Titan 51 %+36.9 %
  20. Tersa Lightshatter 38 %+36.8 %
  21. Glint-Horn Buccaneer 37 %+36.1 %
  22. Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 39 %+35.7 %
  23. Advanced Reconstruction 42 %+35.6 %
  24. Venerable Warsinger 37 %+33.6 %
  25. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai 33 %+33.2 %
  26. Quintorius, Field Historian 36 %+32.9 %
  27. Veronica, Dissident Scribe 33 %+32.9 %
  28. Millikin 35 %+32.4 %
  29. Quintorius, History Chaser 33 %+32.2 %
  30. Shadow of the Goblin 32 %+31.7 %
  31. Plargg, Dean of Chaos 32 %+31.2 %
  32. Containment Construct 34 %+30.5 %
  33. Brallin, Skyshark Rider 30 %+29.7 %
  34. Big Score 43 %+29.0 %
  35. Currency Converter 32 %+28.6 %
  36. Relic Retriever 35 %+28.4 %
  37. Kirol, History Buff 30 %+27.0 %
  38. Call a Surprise Witness 28 %+26.8 %
  39. Primary Research 32 %+26.7 %
  40. Desecrated Tomb 26 %+26.1 %
  41. Geier Reach Sanitarium 28 %+25.8 %
  42. Collector's Vault 27 %+25.8 %
  43. Unexpected Windfall 35 %+25.7 %
  44. Ascend from Avernus 27 %+25.2 %
  45. Fear of Missing Out 28 %+25.0 %
  46. Hazoret's Monument 25 %+24.1 %
  47. Redemption Choir 24 %+23.9 %
  48. Sunscorched Divide 46 %+23.0 %
  49. Charming Scoundrel 25 %+22.9 %
  50. Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury 24 %+22.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 100 %+1.9 %
  2. Mountain 99 %+1.6 %
  3. Command Tower 85 %-1.1 %
  4. Clifftop Retreat 73 %+5.9 %
  5. Faithless Looting 69 %+51.6 %
  6. Arcane Signet 67 %-12.8 %
  7. Battlefield Forge 66 %+8.3 %
  8. Sol Ring 65 %-20.0 %
  9. Sevinne's Reclamation 60 %+45.8 %
  10. Swords to Plowshares 60 %-6.5 %
  11. Rugged Prairie 58 %+13.3 %
  12. Monument to Endurance 58 %+53.0 %
  13. Path to Exile 56 %-1.5 %
  14. Talisman of Conviction 54 %+2.5 %
  15. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 52 %+48.8 %
  16. Sacred Foundry 51 %+3.6 %
  17. Sundown Pass 51 %+11.4 %
  18. Sun Titan 51 %+36.9 %
  19. Thrill of Possibility 51 %+39.6 %
  20. Ark of Hunger 50 %+42.7 %
  21. Hardened Academic 50 %+45.7 %
  22. Magmakin Artillerist 50 %+48.9 %
  23. Conspiracy Theorist 50 %+47.1 %
  24. Demand Answers 49 %+40.7 %
  25. Gau, Feral Youth 49 %+48.9 %
  26. Anger 49 %+42.3 %
  27. Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant 46 %+42.7 %
  28. Boros Signet 46 %-1.9 %
  29. Sunscorched Divide 46 %+23.0 %
  30. Thrilling Discovery 44 %+38.1 %
  31. Big Score 43 %+29.0 %
  32. Enterprising Scallywag 42 %+42.0 %
  33. Advanced Reconstruction 42 %+35.6 %
  34. Ivora, Insatiable Heir 42 %+41.0 %
  35. Boros Garrison 42 %+7.1 %
  36. Surly Badgersaur 41 %+39.5 %
  37. Marauding Mako 40 %+39.7 %
  38. Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 39 %+35.7 %
  39. Sunbillow Verge 39 %+14.4 %
  40. Furycalm Snarl 38 %-5.9 %
  41. Tersa Lightshatter 38 %+36.8 %
  42. Elegant Parlor 38 %+17.7 %
  43. Spectator Seating 37 %-1.9 %
  44. Venerable Warsinger 37 %+33.6 %
  45. Glint-Horn Buccaneer 37 %+36.1 %
  46. Quintorius, Field Historian 36 %+32.9 %
  47. Unexpected Windfall 35 %+25.7 %
  48. Relic Retriever 35 %+28.4 %
  49. Millikin 35 %+32.4 %
  50. Containment Construct 34 %+30.5 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06

    You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played with the permission granted by Banon's first ability.

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