Purphoros, God of the Forge

Purphoros, God of the Forge

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Mana cost: {3}{R}

How we read this card

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent.

triggered — deals 2 damage

Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

activated {2}{R} — gives +1/+0

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature enters the battlefield.

Works well with

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

When Purphoros, God of the Forge 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 (Purphoros is one).

When Purphoros, God of the Forge makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Purphoros is one).

When Purphoros, God of the Forge is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Purphoros is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Purphoros, God of the Forge enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast — 3,713 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Mana Matrix — Mana Matrix reduces what Purphoros, God of the Forge costs

3,712 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Purphoros is one).

When Purphoros, God of the Forge enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

65 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 (Purphoros is one).

When Purphoros, God of the Forge is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Communal Brewing — it arrives with counters thanks to Communal Brewing
  3. Bloodbond March — brings a card back
  4. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  5. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  6. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  7. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  8. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  9. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  10. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself

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

anything is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Purphoros is one).

When an opponent is dealt damage thanks to Purphoros, God of the Forge:

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. War Elemental — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Chandra's Spitfire — gets +3/+0
  4. Wildfire Elemental — gives +1/+0
  5. Master of Barbs — gives +1/+0

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Purphoros is one).

  1. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — When Purphoros, God of the Forge is cast, Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes a token

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