MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #99

Firestorm Phoenix

DIGITAL ONLY

me3·#99·rare·foil

Illus. Jeff A. Menges

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '09

17 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,191 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Creature — Phoenix

Flying If this creature would die, return it to its owner's hand instead. Until that player's next turn, that player plays with that card revealed in their hand and can't play it.

"The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,/ Her ashes new-create another heir/ As great in admiration as herself." —William Shakespeare, King Henry the Eighth

3/2

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2009-10-01wotc

The Firestorm Phoenix you return to your hand is tracked by its ability. As long as it remains in your hand, that particular card can’t be played before your next turn begins, but a different Firestorm Phoenix in your hand can.

2004-10-04wotc

The “rebirth” is a replacement effect.

2004-10-04wotc

It may not be cast again until your next turn, but it can be put onto the battlefield by other effects.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME3 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #99 of *Masters Edition III*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2009 Masters Edition III release.

Card type: Creature — Phoenix, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{R}{R} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,191 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jeff A. Menges. Rarix catalogs 338 other cards credited to this artist.