- Phenax, God of Deception
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Phenax, God of Deception
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mana_cost
Supertypes
Legendary
supertypes
Types
Enchantment
Creature
types
Subtypes
God
subtypes
Prices
Normal
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Details
Rules
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn't a creature.
Creatures you control have ": Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature's toughness."
rules
Power
4
power
Toughness
7
toughness
Color Identity
color_identity
Rarity
Mythic
rarity
Number
316
number
Artist
Ryan Barger
artist
Language
English
language
(EN)
language_code
Expansion
Pioneer Masters
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Rulings
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
2013-09-15
If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
2013-09-15
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
2013-09-15
Numeric mana symbols ({0}, {1}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
2013-09-15
If Phenax is a creature, it will grant itself the activated ability.
2014-02-01
If you activate the ability Phenax grants to creatures you control, the toughness of the creature is calculated as the ability resolves. If the creature is no longer on the battlefield at that time, use its toughness when it was last on the battlefield.
2014-02-01
If you tap Phenax to activate the ability it grants itself, and Phenax is no longer a creature but still on the battlefield as that ability resolves, no cards will be put into the target player's graveyard. Similarly, if Phenax isn't on the battlefield as the ability resolves and wasn't a creature when it left the battlefield, no cards will be put into the graveyard.
2014-02-01
As a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color will determine whether any replacement effects that affect creatures entering the battlefield apply to that God. Because replacement effects are considered before the God is on the battlefield, the mana symbols in its mana cost won't be counted when determining this.
2020-01-24
Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
2020-01-24
If a God is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won't rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat.
2020-01-24
If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.
2020-01-24
If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
2020-01-24
The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
2020-01-24
The type-changing ability that can make a God not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It's always a creature card in other zones, regardless of your devotion to its color. It's always a creature spell while it's on the stack.
2020-01-24
When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.
2020-01-24
Your devotion to two colors is the number of mana symbols among mana costs of permanents you control that are the first color, the second, or both. If an effect counts your devotion to two colors, a hybrid symbol that is both of those colors is counted just once.
2020-01-24
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Model attributes
id
string
The id of the card
PIO-316
name
string
The name of the card
Phenax, God of Deception
mana_cost
string
The cost to cast the card
{3}{U}{B}
supertypes
string[]
The supertypes of card, such as Legendary.
Legendary
types
string[]
The types of card, such as Creature.
Enchantment, Creature
subtypes
string[]
The subtypes of the card, such as Storyborn or Hero.
God
power
string
The strength of the card
4
toughness
string
The willpower of the card
7
color_identity
string
The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
B, U
variants
object[]
The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
string
The variant name, such as normal or foil
normal
rarity
string
The rarity of the card
Mythic
number
string
The card number
316
artist
string
The artist of the card
Ryan Barger
language
string
The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
string
The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
object[]
The images of the card
images.large
string
The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/PIO-316/large
expansion
object
The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
string
The name of the expansion
Pioneer Masters