---
name: "Daxos of Meletis"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "335"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Karla Ortiz"
oracle_id: "4cf10cb6-b082-4c0d-89e9-43cd39716201"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/daxos-of-meletis-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Daxos of Meletis
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Daxos can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.
Whenever Daxos deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar](/printing/grazilaxx-illithid-scholar-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Horror
2. [Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor](/printing/gix-yawgmoth-praetor-tdc.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
3. [Daxos, Blessed by the Sun](/printing/daxos-blessed-by-the-sun-plst.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod
4. [Gríma, Saruman's Footman](/printing/gríma-sarumans-footman-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
5. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
6. [Syr Carah, the Bold](/printing/syr-carah-the-bold-eld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #335
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Karla Ortiz
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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