Zenos yae Galvus
Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Printings

  • Final Fantasy (FIN)#127
  • Final Fantasy (FIN)#455
  • Final Fantasy (FIN)#384
  • Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN)#127s
  • Final Fantasy (FIN)#529

Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Card Information

Type (Front): Legendary Creature — Human Noble Warrior

Type (Back): Legendary Creature — Dragon

Mana Cost (Front): 3Black manaBlack mana

CMC: 5

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for B

Set: Final Fantasy (FIN)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 127

Oracle Text

Zenos yae Galvus

My First Friend — When Zenos yae Galvus enters, choose a creature an opponent controls. Until end of turn, creatures other than Zenos yae Galvus and the chosen creature get -2/-2. When the chosen creature leaves the battlefield, transform Zenos yae Galvus.

4/4

Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Flying As this creature transforms into Shinryu, choose an opponent. Burning Chains — When the chosen player loses the game, you win the game.

8/8

Keywords

FlyingTransformMy First FriendBurning Chains

Format Legalities

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

Card Rulings

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. June 6, 2025

    The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.

    Source: wotc
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. June 6, 2025

    In the case where you can't choose a creature an opponent controls for Zenos's first ability (probably because your opponents control no creatures), other creatures will still get -2/-2 until end of turn when Zenos's first ability resolves.

    Source: wotc
  9. 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
  10. June 6, 2025

    If this card somehow enters the battlefield with its back face up, it didn't transform, so you won't choose an opponent.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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