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Purphoros's Intervention
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Theros Beyond DeathTHB · #151
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.17 € · ★ 0.31 € · 0.20 $ · ★ 0.34 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Choose one — • Create an X/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. • Purphoros's Intervention deals twice X damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Aleksi Briclot
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-01-24
Flavour text
"I bring a fire to recast all the world."
Rulings
The second mode of Purphoros’s Intervention has it deal damage to the target equal to twice X. It doesn’t deal X damage then deal X damage again.
