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Purphoros, God of the Forge

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Legal Salt 1.15Board WipeRank #653

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.

6/5

KeywordsIndestructible

Why is this card good?

Purphoros turns every creature you make into a Shock to the whole table — and in Commander, that scales viciously. He's a token-deck finisher and a backup engine that doesn't care about combat or blockers, just bodies hitting the field. Where he shines: - Token swarms (Krenko, Goblins, Kykar, Jetmir) where one big board wipe of tokens or a mass-creation spell pings opponents for 20+. - Aristocrats/blink decks that flicker creatures repeatedly. - As a Goblin/red staple commander or a 99-card win condition for any red token build. Strengths: Indestructible enchantment, so it dodges most removal and only dies to exile/enchantment hate. The damage is unconditional and triggers regardless of summoning sickness — pure reach. The +1/+0 pump is rarely relevant; you're here for the pings. When to skip it: Decks that don't go wide. If you're playing a few big creatures rather than swarms, Purphoros does almost nothing. Also weak in heavily political pods where you'd rather not damage everyone equally and paint a target on yourself.

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Played by these commanders

Krenko, Mob Boss100% of 1

Combos (8)

The World Tree + Purphoros, God of the Forge
→ Near-infinite damage
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher + Phyrexian Altar + Purphoros, God of the Forge
→ Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite ETB
The Locust God + Curiosity + Purphoros, God of the Forge
→ Near-infinite damage, Infinite card draw, Near-infinite ETB
Storm Herd + Purphoros, God of the Forge
→ Near-infinite ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Near-infinite damage
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary + The Locust God + Purphoros, God of the Forge
→ Near-infinite damage, Infinite card draw, Near-infinite ETB
The Locust God + Ophidian Eye + Purphoros, God of the Forge
→ Near-infinite damage, Infinite card draw, Near-infinite ETB

Rulings (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.
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
The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
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
Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
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
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
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.
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
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
Numeric mana symbols (, , and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

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Why is this card good?

Rulings (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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Numeric mana symbols ( {0} , {1} , and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.