---
name: "Spellpyre Phoenix"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Phoenix"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "a86710da-e498-4ca1-832c-8ba4abd6fa46"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spellpyre-phoenix-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spellpyre Phoenix
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Phoenix
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card with a cycling ability from your graveyard to your hand.
At the beginning of each end step, if you cycled two or more cards this turn, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Firewing Phoenix](/printing/firewing-phoenix-uma.md) — Creature — Phoenix
2. [Bloodfeather Phoenix](/printing/bloodfeather-phoenix-mom.md) — Creature — Phoenix
3. [Worldheart Phoenix](/printing/worldheart-phoenix-mm2.md) — Creature — Phoenix
4. [Arclight Phoenix](/printing/arclight-phoenix-slc.md) — Creature — Phoenix
5. [Phoenix of Iteration](/printing/phoenix-of-iteration-ysos.md) — Creature — Elemental Phoenix
6. [Firestorm Phoenix](/printing/firestorm-phoenix-me3.md) — Creature — Phoenix

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #56
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 8 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: `not_legal`