Heliod, Sun-Crowned (PTHB #18s)

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Heliod, Sun-Crowned — Theros Beyond Death Promos

Heliod, Sun-Crowned is a mythic printing from Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB #18s), a Legendary Enchantment Creature — God. Illustrated by Lius Lasahido.

Card 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.

Details

Mana cost {2}{W}
Type Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Power / Toughness 5 / 5
Rarity Mythic
Set Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB)
Collector number 18s
Artist Lius Lasahido
Released 2020-01-24

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Legality

Standard Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Gladiator Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Pauper Not legal
Vintage Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
Duel Commander Legal
Old School Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PrEDH Not legal
TLR Legal

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Rulings

  • 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.
  • January 24, 2020 — Heliod can be the target of its own triggered ability.
  • 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.
  • January 24, 2020 — Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • January 24, 2020 — Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
  • January 24, 2020 — Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • January 24, 2020 — The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
  • 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.
  • January 24, 2020 — Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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