---
name: "The Celestus"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "252"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jonas De Ro"
oracle_id: "c0ad2b5f-066b-424b-bddf-d3014731e599"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-celestus-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Celestus
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact

## Oracle Text
If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as The Celestus enters.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{3}, {T}: If it's night, it becomes day. Otherwise, it becomes night. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, you gain 1 life. You may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Celestus Sanctifier](/printing/celestus-sanctifier-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Firmament Sage](/printing/firmament-sage-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Obsessive Astronomer](/printing/obsessive-astronomer-mid.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Component Collector](/printing/component-collector-dbl.md) — Creature — Homunculus
5. [The Weekly Princess](/printing/the-weekly-princess-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble
6. [Gavony Dawnguard](/printing/gavony-dawnguard-dbl.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #252
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jonas De Ro
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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