---
name: "Retriever Phoenix"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Phoenix"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste", "Learn"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "279e573d-b7a3-4e62-a708-3ec992d97972"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/retriever-phoenix-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
When this creature enters, if you cast it, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
As long as this card is in your graveyard, if you would learn, you may instead return this card to the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phoenix Chick](/printing/phoenix-chick-dmu.md) — Creature — Phoenix
2. [Chandra's Phoenix](/printing/chandras-phoenix-e01.md) — Creature — Phoenix
3. [Lightning Phoenix](/printing/lightning-phoenix-jmp.md) — Creature — Phoenix
4. [Worldheart Phoenix](/printing/worldheart-phoenix-mm2.md) — Creature — Phoenix
5. [Bloodfeather Phoenix](/printing/bloodfeather-phoenix-mom.md) — Creature — Phoenix
6. [Tomakul Phoenix](/printing/tomakul-phoenix-ybro.md) — Creature — Phoenix

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #113
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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