---
name: "Detective's Phoenix"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Phoenix"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Collect evidence", "Haste", "Bestow"]
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Deruchenko Alexander"
oracle_id: "52c3fe55-74ee-44cb-b62b-dc6c5dfdc33e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/detectives-phoenix-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Detective's Phoenix
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Phoenix
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Collect evidence, Haste, Bestow

## Oracle Text
Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6. (To pay this bestow cost, pay {R} and exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Flying, haste
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste.
You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lamplight Phoenix](/printing/lamplight-phoenix-mkm.md) — Creature — Phoenix
2. [Worldheart Phoenix](/printing/worldheart-phoenix-mm2.md) — Creature — Phoenix
3. [Phoenix of Ash](/printing/phoenix-of-ash-prm.md) — Creature — Phoenix
4. [Conspiracy Unraveler](/printing/conspiracy-unraveler-mkm.md) — Creature — Sphinx Detective
5. [Flame-Wreathed Phoenix](/printing/flame-wreathed-phoenix-bng.md) — Creature — Phoenix
6. [Spotlight Falcon](/printing/spotlight-falcon-ymkm.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #116
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Deruchenko Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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