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Heliod, God of the Sun

{3}{W}

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

THSTheros#17mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 4320
Illustrator
Jaime Jones
Found in
Theros MTGO Redemption Foil · Theros MTGO Redemption · 3 more
Printings5EDHREC rank#3,331
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Indestructible As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature. (Each {W} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.) Other creatures you control have vigilance. {2}{W}{W}: Create a 2/1 white Cleric enchantment creature token.
5/6
Indestructible
Plays as:
Devotion PayoffCreature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-14.3%
$3.89
$2.91 low$0.91 gapTCGplayer
Foil+0.1%
$10.88
$10.86 low$4.86 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$3.86· across 5 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

12 · latest Jan 24, 2020
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    As a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color will determine whether any replacement effects that affect creatures entering the battlefield apply to that God. Because replacement effects are considered before the God is on the battlefield, the mana symbols in its mana cost won't be counted when determining this.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a God is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won't rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    The type-changing ability that can make a God not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It's always a creature card in other zones, regardless of your devotion to its color. It's always a creature spell while it's on the stack.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Numeric mana symbols ({0}, {1}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.