Heliod, God of the Sun

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Heliod, God of the Sun: Legendary Enchantment Creature - God, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
5/6
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
826
Artist
Jaime Jones
Commander rank
3,320 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Indestructible
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Heliod, God of the Sun

Heliod, God of the Sun is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white legendary enchantment creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 826 in that set, with art by Jaime Jones. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 5/6 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Theros (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.91 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.91 (as of 2026-11-03).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Heliod, God of the Sun by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Heliod, God of the Sun

Heliod, God of the Sun has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Pioneer Masters (PIO) #282Mythic2024
The List (PLST) #THS-17Mythic2023
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #68Mythic2020
Theros (THS) #17Mythic2013

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Heliod, God of the Sun, newest first.

  • If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.
  • The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
  • If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
  • 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.
  • Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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