---
name: "Daxos, Blessed by the Sun"
mana_cost: "{W}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "THB"
set_name: "Theros Beyond Death"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lius Lasahido"
oracle_id: "9d3c7c96-056f-408e-a834-fa45a430d3d4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/daxos-blessed-by-the-sun-thb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod

## Oracle Text
Daxos's toughness is equal to your devotion to white. (Each {W} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.)
Whenever another creature you control enters or dies, you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zealots en-Dal](/printing/zealots-en-dal-exo.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Heliod, Sun-Crowned](/printing/heliod-sun-crowned-cmm.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
3. [Daxos of Meletis](/printing/daxos-of-meletis-ncc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Heliod, God of the Sun](/printing/heliod-god-of-the-sun-cmm.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
5. [Crovax, Ascendant Hero](/printing/crovax-ascendant-hero-tsr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
6. [Defiler of Faith](/printing/defiler-of-faith-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Human

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Beyond Death (THB) #9
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lius Lasahido

## 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)* The ability that defines Daxos's toughness works in all zones, not just the battlefield.
- *(2020-01-24)* Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
- *(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)* If another creature you control enters the battlefield at the same time as Daxos, you gain 1 life for that creature. Similarly, if another creature you control dies at the same time as Daxos, you gain 1 life for that creature. However, in the unusual case that Daxos dies at the same time that another creature enters the battlefield or vice versa, you won't gain 1 life for that creature.
- *(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)* Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Daxos may become lethal if your devotion to white decreases during that turn.