Purphoros's Emissary
Enchantment Creature — Ox
Purphoros's Emissary
Enchantment Creature — Ox
Card Text
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has menace.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- Power / Toughness
- 3 / 3
- EDHREC Rank
- #20,505
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (17)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) | #152 | common | en | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #121 | common | en | Sam Burley | $0.06 | $0.09 |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | en | Sam Burley | $0.06 | $0.48 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #121 | common | de | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | de | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | es | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #121 | common | fr | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | fr | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | it | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #121 | common | ja | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | ja | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | ko | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | pt | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | ru | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #121 | common | zhs | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | zhs | Sam Burley | — | — |
| Theros (THS) | #136 | uncommon | zht | Sam Burley | — | — |
Official Rulings (5)
Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.
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