---
name: "Anax, Hardened in the Forge"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "THB-264"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "e23cd06d-1360-4e5d-aecc-adf902bede69"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/anax-hardened-in-the-forge-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Anax, Hardened in the Forge
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod

## Oracle Text
Anax's power is equal to your devotion to red. (Each {R} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.)
Whenever Anax or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 red Satyr creature token with "This token can't block." If the creature had power 4 or greater, create two of those tokens instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fanatic of Mogis](/printing/fanatic-of-mogis-ths.md) — Creature — Minotaur Shaman
2. [Purphoros, God of the Forge](/printing/purphoros-god-of-the-forge-cmm.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
3. [Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded](/printing/purphoros-bronze-blooded-thb.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
4. [Magnus the Red](/printing/magnus-the-red-40k.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon Primarch
5. [Xenagos, God of Revels](/printing/xenagos-god-of-revels-lcc.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
6. [Anikthea, Hand of Erebos](/printing/anikthea-hand-of-erebos-cmm.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #THB-264
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-01-24)* If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion.
- *(2020-01-24)* If you create a token that's a copy of Anax, its last ability triggers when it dies.
- *(2020-01-24)* If Anax dies at the same time as another nontoken creature you control, its ability triggers for each of them.
- *(2020-01-24)* Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
- *(2020-01-24)* The ability that defines Anax's power works in all zones, not just the battlefield.
- *(2020-01-24)* 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.