Ashcloud Phoenix

Card text

Flying

When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield face down under your control.

Morph {4}{R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

When this creature is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to each player.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (as of 2026-11-02).

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Format legality

Legality of Ashcloud Phoenix by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Ashcloud Phoenix

Ashcloud Phoenix has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Ashcloud Phoenix, newest first.

• 2014-09-20 Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its morph cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.
• 2014-09-20 If a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or if the game ends.
• 2014-09-20 The face-down spell has no mana cost and has a mana value of 0. When you cast a face-down spell, put it on the stack face down so no other player knows what it is, and pay {3}. This is an alternative cost.
• 2014-09-20 Morph lets you cast a card face down by paying {3}, and lets you turn the face-down permanent face up any time you have priority by paying its morph cost.
• 2014-09-20 If Ashcloud Phoenix is face down, you can turn it face up for its morph cost, even if you didn't cast Ashcloud Phoenix face down using its morph ability.
• 2014-09-20 If Ashcloud Phoenix leaves the graveyard before its "dies" ability resolves, it won't return to the battlefield.
• 2014-09-20 When the spell resolves, it enters the battlefield as a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It's colorless and has a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the creature can still grant it any of these characteristics.
• 2014-09-20 Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.

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