Detective's Phoenix MTG Card

Card setsReleased in 2 setsSee all
Mana cost
Converted mana cost3
RarityRare
TypeEnchantment Creature — Phoenix
Abilities Bestow,Collect evidence,Flying,Haste
Power 2
Toughness 2

Text of card

Bestow—, Collect evidence 6. Flying, haste Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste. You may cast Detective's Phoenix from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

Text of card Detective's Phoenix

Bestow—, Collect evidence 6. Flying, haste Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste. You may cast Detective's Phoenix from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

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Printings

The Detective's Phoenix Magic the Gathering card was released in 1 different sets between 2024-06-14 and 2024-06-14. Illustrated by Deruchenko Alexander.

#ReleasedNameCodeSymbolNumberFrameLayoutBorderArtist
12024-06-14Modern Horizons 3MH3 4572015NormalBlackDeruchenko Alexander
22024-06-14Modern Horizons 3MH3 1162015NormalBlackDeruchenko Alexander

Legalities

Magic the Gathering formats where Detective's Phoenix has restrictions

FormatLegality
CommanderLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
VintageLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal

Rules and information

The reference guide for Magic: The Gathering Detective's Phoenix card rulings provides official rulings, any errata issued, as well as a record of all the functional modifications that have occurred.

Date Text
2024-06-07 Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
2024-06-07 If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
2024-06-07 If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
2024-06-07 On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
2024-06-07 Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
2024-06-07 Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
2024-06-07 Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its  abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.