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Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God // Legendary Enchantment Creature — Phyrexian God · {2}{W}{W} · Blue/White commander

When Heliod enters, return target enchantment card that isn't a God from your graveyard to your hand. {3}{U/P}: Transform Heliod. Activate only as a sorcery. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) You may cast spells as though they had flash. Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each card your opponents have drawn this turn.

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What Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · etbWhen Heliod enters, return target enchantment card that isn't a God from your graveyard to your hand.
• Activated ability{3}{U/P}: Transform Heliod. Activate only as a sorcery.
• Static ability · restrictionYou may cast spells as though they had flash.
• Keyword · transformtransform

What a Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 12× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 15× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 12× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse

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