Dictate of Heliod
Journey into Nyx 8 • rare
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Market price
- $0.44
What it does
Flash
Creatures you control get +2/+2.
"In our war Heliod gave mortals some favor, yet other times he withheld aid. Are we still no more than game pieces to him?"— Polyxene the Doubter
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dictate of Heliod was released in 2014 as part of the Journey into Nyx set, the final installment of the Theros block for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed as a flash-enabled enchantment that reinforces the set's central themes of enchantment-based gameplay and the favor of the gods, specifically the white-aligned sun god Heliod. It served as a powerful utility card for white-based aggressive decks, designed to swing combat math unexpectedly by granting a significant power and toughness boost to the player's creatures at instant speed.
The card's artwork, illustrated by Aleksi Briclot, emphasizes the ethereal and divine aesthetic characteristic of the Theros plane. Briclot utilized a vibrant, celestial color palette to evoke the feeling of a divine decree manifesting on the battlefield. Upon its release, the card was well-received by limited format players for its game-ending potential and by commander players who valued its ability to protect and strengthen board states while maintaining flexibility.
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