Purphoros's Intervention

Card Information

Type: Sorcery

Mana Cost: X

CMC: 1

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity:

Set: Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 151

Oracle Text

Choose one — • Create an X/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. • Purphoros's Intervention deals twice X damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)

brawl(Legal)

penny(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)

Related Cards

Elemental(Token Creature — Elemental)

Purphoros's Intervention(Sorcery)

Card Rulings

January 24, 2020
The second mode of Purphoros’s Intervention has it deal damage to the target equal to twice X. It doesn’t deal X damage then deal X damage again.
Source: wotc

Price History

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