Purphoros, God of the Forge
Purphoros, God of the Forge: Legendary Enchantment Creature - God, Commander Masters. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 6/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 246
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Keywords
- Indestructible
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Purphoros, God of the Forge
Purphoros, God of the Forge is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red legendary enchantment creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 246 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 6/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Theros (2013) to Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $28.94 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent.
{2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $28.94 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Purphoros, God of the Forge by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Purphoros, God of the Forge
Purphoros, God of the Forge has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #14 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #296 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #547 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2022 (P22) #8 | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #77 | Mythic | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #THS-135 | Mythic | 2019 |
| Theros (THS) #135 | Mythic | 2013 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Purphoros, God of the Forge, newest first.
- Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
- 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 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.
- 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 abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
- 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.
- If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other enchantment creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.