Phenax, God of Deception

Phenax, God of Deception3UB
Legendary Enchantment Creature — GodBNG · M

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."

Born of the Gods · Mythic4/7
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Legality

9 formats
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
PremodernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
cEDHLegal

B/R history

Never banned or restricted in any format Moxou tracks.

Rulings

16
  1. 2013-09-15

    Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

  2. 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.

  3. 2013-09-15

    Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

  4. 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.

  5. 2014-02-01

    If Phenax is a creature, it will grant itself the activated ability.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 2020-01-24

    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.

  9. 2020-01-24

    Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 2020-01-24

    The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

Versions

4
SetNo.YearRarityArtist
PIOPioneer MastersOnline3162024MythicRyan Barger
PLSTThe ListMX-981042020MythicRyan Barger
SLDSecret Lair Drop752019MythicJason A. Engle
BNGBorn of the Gods1522014MythicRyan Barger

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Secret Lair Bundle Theros Stargazing Vol I-V · Box setSLDOdds free after sign-in
Secret Lair Drop Theros Stargazing Vol III Erebos · Box setSLDOdds free after sign-in
Magic Origins Deck Builders Toolkit · kitORIOdds free after sign-in
Born of the Gods Prerelease Kit Set of 5 · subsetBNGOdds free after sign-in
Journey Into Nyx Prerelease Kit Set of 5 · subsetJOUOdds free after sign-in
Journey Into Nyx Fat Pack · BundleJOUOdds free after sign-in
Journey Into Nyx Booster Pack · Booster packJOUOdds free after sign-in
Born of the Gods Booster Box · Booster boxBNGOdds free after sign-in
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Born of the Gods Intro Pack Deaths Beginning · DeckBNG
Born of the Gods Intro Pack Forged in Battle · DeckBNG
Born of the Gods Intro Pack Gifts of the Gods · DeckBNG
Born of the Gods Intro Pack Insatiable Hunger · DeckBNG
Born of the Gods Intro Pack Inspiration Struck · DeckBNG
Born of the Gods Booster Pack · Booster packBNG
Born of the Gods Prerelease Kit Destined To Conquer · Limited kitBNG
Born of the Gods Prerelease Kit Destined To Dominate · Limited kitBNG
Born of the Gods Prerelease Kit Destined To Lead · Limited kitBNG
Born of the Gods Prerelease Kit Destined To Outwit · Limited kitBNG
Born of the Gods Prerelease Kit Destined To Thrive · Limited kitBNG
Journey Into Nyx Prerelease Forged in Glory · Limited kitJOU
Journey Into Nyx Prerelease Forged in Intellect · Limited kitJOU
Journey Into Nyx Prerelease Forged in Pursuit · Limited kitJOU
Journey Into Nyx Prerelease Forged in Tyranny · Limited kitJOU
Journey Into Nyx Prerelease Forged in War · Limited kitJOU
Journey Into Nyx Booster Box · Booster boxJOU
Journey Into Nyx Intro Pack Display · Deck boxJOU
Journey Into Nyx Intro Pack Set of 5 · subsetJOU
Journey Into Nyx Intro Pack Fates Foreseen · DeckJOU
Journey Into Nyx Intro Pack Mortals of Myth · DeckJOU
Journey Into Nyx Intro Pack Pantheons Power · DeckJOU
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