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Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire
Card Information
Type (Front): Legendary Creature — Human Noble Wizard
Type (Back): Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Phoenix
Mana Cost (Front): 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Final Fantasy (FIN)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 229
Oracle Text
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
When Joshua enters, discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards. {3}{R}{W}, {T}: Exile Joshua, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
3/4
Phoenix, Warden of Fire
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I, II — Rising Flames — Phoenix deals 2 damage to each opponent. III — Flames of Rebirth — Return any number of target creature cards with total mana value 6 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Phoenix, then return it to the battlefield (front face up). Flying, lifelink
4/4
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 6, 2025
A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
You can choose to discard no cards when Joshua's first ability resolves. If you do, you won't draw any cards.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.
Source: wotc - June 6, 2025
The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.
Source: wotc
Price History
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