Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
When Joshua enters, discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
3, T: Exile Joshua, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Rising Flames — Phoenix deals 2 damage to each opponent.
III — Flames of Rebirth — Return any number of target creature cards with total mana value 6 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Phoenix, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).
Flying, lifelink
Rulings
10 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-06-06
A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
- 2025-06-06
The back face of a nonmodal double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
- 2025-06-06
In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Cecil, Dark Knight's color identity is black and white, since its front face is black and its back face has a white color indicator.
- 2025-06-06
Each nonmodal double-faced card in this release is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
- 2025-06-06
You can choose to discard no cards when Joshua's first ability resolves. If you do, you won't draw any cards.
- 2025-06-06
A token that is created as a copy of a double-faced permanent or a double-faced card in another zone is a double-faced token. It will have both the front face and back face of whatever object it's copying. If it's copying a double-faced permanent whose back face is up, the token will enter with its back face up. It can transform if instructed to do so.
- 2025-06-06
If a card in your graveyard has X in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- 2025-06-06
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Crystal Fragments, it will be exiled during the resolution of its second ability and remain in exile.
- 2025-06-06
Each face of a nonmodal double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a nonmodal double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.
- 2025-06-06
The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zidane, Tantalus Thief | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Boros 1 deck
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant price history
The Final Fantasy #229 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.96 | $1.94 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.93 | $1.89 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.92 | $1.89 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.96 | $2.01 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.95 | $2.01 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.96 | $2.06 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.97 | $2.02 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.99 | $2.02 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $1.03 | $2.02 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $1.14 | $2.09 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $1.11 | $2.15 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $1.00 | $2.15 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $1.00 | $2.16 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $1.09 | $2.27 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $1.22 | $2.24 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.32 | $2.24 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $1.33 | $2.41 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $1.32 | $2.41 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $1.41 | $2.41 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.29 | $2.47 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $1.18 | $2.47 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.27 | $2.47 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $1.17 | $2.43 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $1.26 | $2.37 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $1.26 | $2.30 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $1.32 | $2.30 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $1.38 | $2.30 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.25 | $2.24 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $1.27 | $2.24 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $1.20 | $2.24 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $1.09 | $2.29 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.15 | $2.29 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $1.12 | $2.17 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $1.23 | $2.19 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $1.10 | $2.24 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $1.02 | $2.08 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.01 | $2.11 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.00 | $2.05 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.06 | $2.05 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.94 | $2.13 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.96
- Foil
- $1.94
Promo
Final Fantasy Promos
- Foil
- $7.40
Inverted
- Normal
- $5.60
- Foil
- $6.86
Extended Art
- Normal
- $3.84
- Foil
- $20.71
Inverted
- Foil
- $28.80
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
