---
name: "Firestorm Phoenix"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Phoenix"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "147"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeff A. Menges"
oracle_id: "5653b40f-c566-4a14-b188-a9268ea36218"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/firestorm-phoenix-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Firestorm Phoenix
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Phoenix
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
If this creature would die, return it to its owner's hand instead. Until that player's next turn, that player plays with that card revealed in their hand and can't play it.

> *"The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,/ Her ashes new-create another heir/ As great in admiration as herself." —William Shakespeare, *King Henry the Eighth**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Immortal Phoenix](/printing/immortal-phoenix-g18.md) — Creature — Phoenix
2. [Shivan Phoenix](/printing/shivan-phoenix-ulg.md) — Creature — Phoenix
3. [Magma Phoenix](/printing/magma-phoenix-m10.md) — Creature — Phoenix
4. [Firewing Phoenix](/printing/firewing-phoenix-uma.md) — Creature — Phoenix
5. [Molten Firebird](/printing/molten-firebird-plc.md) — Creature — Phoenix
6. [Bogardan Phoenix](/printing/bogardan-phoenix-vis.md) — Creature — Phoenix

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #147
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeff A. Menges
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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