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

{1}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Wizard

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

{3}{R}{W}, {T}: Exile Joshua, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

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FlyingLifelinkTransform
Set
Final Fantasy (FIN #542)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Susumu Kuroi
EDHREC rank
#3,821
Colour identity
{R}{W}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.27
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
DrawRecursion

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Anger 65 %+58.3 %
  2. Clive, Ifrit's Dominant 55 %+54.0 %
  3. Faithless Looting 69 %+51.2 %
  4. Sun Titan 65 %+50.4 %
  5. Thrilling Discovery 49 %+43.0 %
  6. Monument to Endurance 48 %+42.7 %
  7. The Fire Crystal 45 %+40.4 %
  8. Metastatic Evangel 42 %+40.3 %
  9. Zirda, the Dawnwaker 43 %+39.3 %
  10. Banon, the Returners' Leader 42 %+39.1 %
  11. Demand Answers 46 %+37.7 %
  12. Thrill of Possibility 47 %+36.4 %
  13. Selfless Spirit 47 %+35.8 %
  14. Angel of Indemnity 38 %+35.4 %
  15. Karmic Guide 39 %+34.1 %
  16. Sevinne's Reclamation 47 %+33.3 %
  17. Big Score 46 %+32.1 %
  18. Cathartic Reunion 34 %+31.4 %
  19. Loran of the Third Path 43 %+30.7 %
  20. Laughing Mad 33 %+30.4 %
  21. Mog, Moogle Warrior 31 %+30.1 %
  22. Dion, Bahamut's Dominant 29 %+27.8 %
  23. Cathar Commando 33 %+27.6 %
  24. Brass's Tunnel-Grinder 30 %+27.0 %
  25. Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury 29 %+26.9 %
  26. Magus of the Wheel 28 %+26.0 %
  27. Pursue the Past 33 %+26.0 %
  28. Feldon of the Third Path 29 %+25.8 %
  29. Nibelheim Aflame 28 %+25.6 %
  30. Ark of Hunger 33 %+25.5 %
  31. Combustible Gearhulk 29 %+25.2 %
  32. Ascend from Avernus 27 %+25.1 %
  33. Impact Tremors 39 %+24.0 %
  34. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 26 %+22.7 %
  35. Norn's Choirmaster 24 %+22.5 %
  36. The Wind Crystal 27 %+22.4 %
  37. Charming Scoundrel 24 %+22.3 %
  38. Barbara Wright 22 %+22.0 %
  39. Warleader's Call 33 %+21.5 %
  40. Tersa Lightshatter 23 %+21.2 %
  41. Enduring Courage 24 %+20.8 %
  42. Glint-Horn Buccaneer 21 %+20.1 %
  43. Phoenix Down 21 %+19.9 %
  44. Karn's Bastion 23 %+19.5 %
  45. Grateful Apparition 21 %+19.5 %
  46. Magmakin Artillerist 21 %+19.4 %
  47. Purphoros, God of the Forge 25 %+18.9 %
  48. Torbran, Thane of Red Fell 22 %+18.7 %
  49. Witch Enchanter 31 %+18.3 %
  50. Witch Enchanter 31 %+18.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Mountain 98 %+0.2 %
  2. Plains 98 %-0.1 %
  3. Command Tower 88 %+1.9 %
  4. Sol Ring 86 %+1.4 %
  5. Arcane Signet 82 %+2.5 %
  6. Clifftop Retreat 76 %+8.8 %
  7. Swords to Plowshares 72 %+6.1 %
  8. Faithless Looting 69 %+51.2 %
  9. Sun Titan 65 %+50.4 %
  10. Anger 65 %+58.3 %
  11. Battlefield Forge 62 %+4.0 %
  12. Path to Exile 61 %+3.5 %
  13. Talisman of Conviction 58 %+7.1 %
  14. Rugged Prairie 56 %+10.7 %
  15. Clive, Ifrit's Dominant 55 %+54.0 %
  16. Sacred Foundry 52 %+4.3 %
  17. Furycalm Snarl 51 %+6.2 %
  18. Boros Signet 50 %+2.2 %
  19. Blasphemous Act 49 %+16.3 %
  20. Sundown Pass 49 %+9.3 %
  21. Thrilling Discovery 49 %+43.0 %
  22. Monument to Endurance 48 %+42.7 %
  23. Thrill of Possibility 47 %+36.4 %
  24. Sevinne's Reclamation 47 %+33.3 %
  25. Selfless Spirit 47 %+35.8 %
  26. Demand Answers 46 %+37.7 %
  27. Big Score 46 %+32.1 %
  28. The Fire Crystal 45 %+40.4 %
  29. Loran of the Third Path 43 %+30.7 %
  30. Zirda, the Dawnwaker 43 %+39.3 %
  31. Metastatic Evangel 42 %+40.3 %
  32. Boros Charm 42 %-4.5 %
  33. Boros Garrison 42 %+7.3 %
  34. Banon, the Returners' Leader 42 %+39.1 %
  35. Spectator Seating 40 %+1.1 %
  36. Karmic Guide 39 %+34.1 %
  37. Impact Tremors 39 %+24.0 %
  38. Angel of Indemnity 38 %+35.4 %
  39. Sunbillow Verge 38 %+12.9 %
  40. Elegant Parlor 37 %+16.6 %
  41. Solemn Simulacrum 36 %+15.9 %
  42. Sunscorched Divide 35 %+12.4 %
  43. Exotic Orchard 35 %+4.6 %
  44. Lightning Greaves 35 %+5.9 %
  45. Cathartic Reunion 34 %+31.4 %
  46. Chaos Warp 34 %+4.5 %
  47. Warleader's Call 33 %+21.5 %
  48. Pursue the Past 33 %+26.0 %
  49. Ark of Hunger 33 %+25.5 %
  50. Temple of Triumph 33 %-3.6 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-06-06

    A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.

  • 2025-06-06

    A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.

  • 2025-06-06

    Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.

  • 2025-06-06

    Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.

  • 2025-06-06

    If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

  • 2025-06-06

    If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.

  • 2025-06-06

    In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.

  • 2025-06-06

    The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.

  • 2025-06-06

    The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.

  • 2025-06-06

    You can choose to discard no cards when Joshua's first ability resolves. If you do, you won't draw any cards.

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