Phenax, God of Deception
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SetBNG
Collector #152
Released2014-02-07
Raritymythic
ArtistRyan Barger
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Phenax, God of Deception

MythicColour IDMV 5
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
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."
4 / 7
Keywords
IndestructibleMill
Card capabilities
CreatureEnchantmentLegendary creatureProtection
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2020-02-14Newest 2024-12-10Cheapest priced $17.02 in PLST
Rulings (16)
wotc24 Jan 2020
If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
wotc24 Jan 2020
The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
wotc24 Jan 2020
If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.
wotc24 Jan 2020
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.
wotc24 Jan 2020
Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
wotc24 Jan 2020
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.
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