Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Printings

  • Commander Masters (CMM)#29
  • Theros Beyond Death (THB)#18
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD)#214
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD)#2165
  • Commander Masters (CMM)#462
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#79849
  • Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB)#18s
  • Theros Beyond Death (THB)#259
  • The List (PLST)#THB-18
  • Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB)#18p

Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Card Information

Type: Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Mana Cost: 2White mana

CMC: 3

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for W

Set: Commander Masters (CMM)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 29

Oracle Text

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control. {1}{W}: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Keywords

Indestructible

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. July 28, 2023

    Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Heliod's ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

    Source: wotc
  2. January 24, 2020

    Heliod can be the target of its own triggered ability.

    Source: wotc
  3. January 24, 2020

    A noncreature enchantment with a +1/+1 counter on it will be unaffected by that counter until it becomes a creature, at which time it will get +1/+1 for that counter.

    Source: wotc
  4. January 24, 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.

    Source: wotc
  5. January 24, 2020

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

    Source: wotc
  6. January 24, 2020

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

    Source: wotc
  7. January 24, 2020

    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.

    Source: wotc
  8. January 24, 2020

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.

    Source: wotc
  9. January 24, 2020

    Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.

    Source: wotc
  10. January 24, 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.

    Source: wotc
  11. January 24, 2020

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

    Source: wotc
  12. January 24, 2020

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

    Source: wotc
  13. January 24, 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.

    Source: wotc
  14. January 24, 2020

    If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion.

    Source: wotc
  15. January 24, 2020

    Colorless and generic mana symbols ({C}, {0}, {1}, {2}, {X}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

    Source: wotc
  16. January 24, 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.

    Source: wotc
  17. January 24, 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.

    Source: wotc
  18. January 24, 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.

    Source: wotc
  19. January 24, 2020

    Heliod's triggered ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Daxos, Blessed by the Sun or 3 life from Cling to Dust. If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Heliod's ability triggers only once.

    Source: wotc
  20. January 24, 2020

    If a creature is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it can't receive a counter from Heliod's ability in time to save it.

    Source: wotc

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