Purphoros's Intervention
- Mana cost
- {X}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death #320 (rare)
- Price
- $0.46 USD
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.
Purphoros's Intervention has 5 printings, first in Theros Beyond Death (2020). EDHREC ranks it #14,295 among Commander cards. It appears most in Imodane, the Pyrohammer decks (2,936 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Purphoros's Intervention most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Imodane, the Pyrohammer: 2,936 decks
- Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer: 148 decks
- Deathleaper, Terror Weapon: 58 decks
- Rakka Mar: 27 decks
- Ardoz, Cobbler of War: 9 decks
- Alena, Kessig Trapper: 2 decks
- Arni, Renowned Champion: 1 decks
- Thor, Asgard's Avenger: 1 decks
Often played with Purphoros's Intervention
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
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.