Turn Your Creature into a One Turn God
Xenagos, God of Revels is a compact rules engine for explosive combat turns. This Legendary Enchantment Creature reads like a rampage trigger in commander friendly clothing. It sits off to the side until your devotion to red and green is seven or greater then it becomes a creature with indestructible and a combat focused activated ability. On your turn it turns any other target creature you control into a short lived powerhouse by giving it haste and a buff equal to its own power. The timing is tidy. You get the tempo swing at the beginning of combat which makes it easy to set up with pump effects or sacrificial pairs.
In practical play this card rewards board planning and synergy. It pairs cleanly with tokens and static power doublers and makes creatures with enter the battlefield tricks more threatening. Expect opponents to shift removal priority and to respect how one well timed activation can swing a table. For a Mythic from Commander Lost Caverns of Ixalan it plays like a focused combo piece that also reads well in aggro ramps or creature centric builds.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{R}{G}
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Card Type – Legendary Enchantment Creature
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Subtypes – God
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Indestructible. As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn’t a creature. At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature’s power.
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Power / Toughness – 6/5