Lead Your Army with Banon’s Resolve
Banon, the Returners’ Leader offers a unique approach to creature recursion within your deck, fitting seamlessly into any red-white strategy. His Pray ability lets you cast a creature from your graveyard once each turn, but only those that arrived there this turn from outside the battlefield. This mechanic encourages thoughtful sequencing and resource management, creating fresh opportunities to reclaim fallen allies quickly without slipping into repetitive recursion loops.
On offense, Banon’s second ability grants card filtering by allowing you to pay {1} and discard a card whenever you attack, then draw a card. This keeps your hand fresh and flexible, maintaining momentum and ensuring you have the tools needed to respond to the battlefield’s shifting state. A resilient 1/3 body with legendary status, Banon embodies leadership and tactical endurance that can anchor your Commander deck with steady card advantage and graveyard synergy.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {R}{W}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – Human Cleric Rebel
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Card Text – 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.
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Power / Toughness – 1/3
