Disciple of Phenax

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Disciple of Phenax

Creature — Human Cleric

When this creature enters, target player reveals a number of cards from their hand equal to your devotion to black. You choose one of them. That player discards that card. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

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Card details

Set: Theros
Set code: THS
Number: 84
Rarity: Common
Artist: John Severin Brassell
Card type: Creature
Colors: Mono-Black (Black)
Mana value: 4
Released: September 27, 2013
EDHREC rank: #24599 on EDHREC
Available on: Paper, Magic Online
Language: English
Frame: 2003
Border: Black
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Legality

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyNot legal
GladiatorLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
FutureNot legal

Rulings (5)

Sep 15, 2013
Numeric mana symbols (, , and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
Sep 15, 2013
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
Sep 15, 2013
Use your devotion to black as the triggered ability resolves to determine how many cards will be revealed. If Disciple of Phenax is still on the battlefield at that time, its mana cost will count toward your devotion to black.
Sep 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.
Sep 15, 2013
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.