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 we read on this card

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 Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 207 cards in Joshua's colors 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 — 275 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

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

  1. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token

a card is discarded — 606 cards in Joshua's colors 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. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  5. Glint-Horn Buccaneer — deals 1 damage
  6. Marauding Mako — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Bag of Holding — exiles it

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

life is gained — 798 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

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

  1. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elenda's Hierophant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Attended Healer — makes a token
  4. Field-Tested Frying Pan — gets +X/+X, where X is the amount of life you gained
  5. Vanguard Seraph — surveils
  6. Nykthos Paragon — puts that many counters on a creature
  7. Dawn of Hope — draws you 1 card
  8. Ajani Resolute — puts a counter on a permanent
  9. The Destined White Mage — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

anything is exiled — 1,121 cards in Joshua's colors 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 — 693 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

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

  1. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  2. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  3. Quintorius, History Chaser — makes a token
  4. Hardened Academic — puts a counter on a creature
  5. On Wings of Gold — makes a token
  6. Owlin Historian — gets +1/+1
  7. Spirit of Resilience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Fuming Effigy — deals 1 damage
  9. Spirit Mascot — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared

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

put a creature into a graveyard — 800 cards in Joshua's colors 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

790 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 2,055 cards in Joshua's colors 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. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  4. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  5. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  6. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  8. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

life is lost — 1,372 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire makes a player lose life:

  1. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  2. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  3. Walking Sarcophagus — raises your speed
  4. Starting Column — raises your speed
  5. Racers' Scoreboard — raises your speed
  6. Outpace Oblivion — raises your speed
  7. Kickoff Celebrations — raises your speed
  8. Goblin Surveyor — raises your speed
  9. Mindcrank — mills a card
  10. Leonin Surveyor — raises your speed

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

a card is drawn — 995 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

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

  1. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Hoofprints of the Stag — puts a hoofprint counter on itself
  3. Fasting — triggers
  4. Moonring Mirror — exiles a card from your library

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 1,302 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire leaves the battlefield, Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,359 cards in Joshua's colors can cause this (Joshua is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire leaves the battlefield, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life

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

a creature is cast — 6,572 cards in Joshua's colors 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

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,303 cards in Joshua's colors 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

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

put anything onto the battlefield — 10,759 cards in Joshua's colors 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

10,757 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.