Lamplight Phoenix
Mana cost

Mana value3TypeCreature — Phoenix
Color identity
Red
RarityRare
SetMurders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
ArtistRyan Pancoast
Price€0.08 · foil €0.24 · $0.20
Lamplight Phoenix 


Creature — Phoenix
Flying
When this creature dies, you may exile it and collect evidence 4. If you do, return this card to the battlefield tapped. (To collect evidence 4, exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)
When this creature dies, you may exile it and collect evidence 4. If you do, return this card to the battlefield tapped. (To collect evidence 4, exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)
The only warning was the faint smell of burning plasma.
3/3
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardLegalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulLegal
Rulings
2024-02-02
You can't exile Lamplight Phoenix from your graveyard to pay the collect evidence cost of its triggered ability.
2024-02-02
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
2024-02-02
Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.



