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Purphoros, God of the Forge
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
3
R
Indestructible As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent. {2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Mana cost
3
R
Mana value
4
Printings
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$28.35
EDHREC rank
#683
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Formats
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Rulings
15 Sept 2013
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
15 Sept 2013
Numeric mana symbols ({0}, {1}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
15 Sept 2013
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.
15 Sept 2013
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
24 Jan 2020
Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
24 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.
24 Jan 2020
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.
24 Jan 2020
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.
24 Jan 2020
The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
24 Jan 2020
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.
24 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.
24 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.

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