Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire

Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Wizard // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Saga Phoenix

Mana cost: {1}{R}{W}

How we read this card

When Joshua enters, discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.

triggered —

triggered — draws you that many cards

Exile Joshua, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {3}{R}{W}, {T} —

activated {3}{R}{W}, {T} — blinks a permanent

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
Rising Flames — Phoenix deals 2 damage to each opponent.

triggered — deals 2 damage

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 .

triggered — brings a card back

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

Flying, lifelink

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: discard a card, draw a card, exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

52 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. War Elemental — When War Elemental is in the graveyard, Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring it back
  2. Mogg Bombers — When Mogg Bombers is in the graveyard, Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring it back
  3. Flame-Kin War Scout — When Flame-Kin War Scout is in the graveyard, Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring it back
  4. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back
  5. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back
  6. Tide of War — Tide of War puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back
  7. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — Dead-Iron Sledge puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back
  9. Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph — Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back
  10. Breath of Fury — Breath of Fury puts cards into the graveyard that Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire can bring back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

37 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire makes a player lose life, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed

55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire leaves the battlefield, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

138 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Anthem of Rakdos — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire attacks, Anthem of Rakdos gives +2/+0

201 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Goblin Goliath — When Goblin Goliath enters thanks to Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire, it makes a token
  2. Fell Specter — When Fell Specter enters thanks to Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire, it makes an opponent discard a card

373 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put anything onto the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this.

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire enters thanks to:

  1. Starfield of Nyx — it draws and discards
  2. Getaway Glamer — it draws and discards

26,497 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.