Ephara, God of the Polis

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to white and blue is less than seven, Ephara isn't a creature.

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you had another creature enter the battlefield under your control last turn, draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Badeyez on Theros Gods and Amareth, the …

1 year ago

Greeting, I'm making a commander deck for Amareth, the Lustrous and I'm unsure what happens when a Theros God(Ephara, God of the Polis) enter the battlefield without enough devotion. Will the Amareth trigger only see the God as an enchantment or will it still technically count as sharing the creature type?

spaghettibeast on The archenemy

1 year ago

In terms of EDH, Sen Triplets seems good. Esper has a lot of options for turning yourself into the archenemy without even using the Triplets which also make everyone hate your deck. Other mean EDH decks I have experience are helmed by Crosis, the Purger, Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant (rated #1 for least fun among my play group), and Ephara, God of the Polis. Hope this helps. I have decks for all of these and will link them below.

Ephara: Ephara Flash Control Jin: Jin-Gitaxias' Photocopier Crosis: Fun Police

TypicalTimmy on Hardest MTG Names to Pronounce?

2 years ago

I struggle with Ephara, God of the Polis. I don't know Greek pronunciations, so I'm not sure how to properly say her name.

Like for all I know, it's literally just "Hara" and the "Ep" is silent? No idea.

KBK7101 on Gavi's Tokenarium

2 years ago

I'd definitely recommend Ephara, God of the Polis. She could potentially draw you a card every single turn if you manage to make tokens on a steady basis. Idol of Oblivion is good synergy, too.

Lanzo493 on Did I just solve white's …

2 years ago

Reminds me of Ephara, God of the Polis and Camaraderie.

multimedia on Ranar - Spirit Tribal/ Exile/blink

2 years ago

Hey, with Ranar in your control Restoration Angel blinking Flickerwisp creates two Spirits for no mana at the beginning of the end step of each player's turn. This delayed combo happens for the rest of the game until Angel or Wisp are removed or change targets. Start the combo by having Ranar and Wisp in your control then cast Angel even on an opponent's turn and blink Wisp. Wisp is blinked, returns right away and then blinks Angel, who doesn't return from exile until the beginning of the next end step.

Angel + Wisp repeatedly blink each other; each blink is one instance of blink which creates a Spirit and it happens at each player's end step. Angel enters from exile, blinks Wisp, create a Spirit, then Wisp blinks Angel, create another Spirit. This can add up fast in multiplayer Commander when creating 8 Spirits for no mana for a cycle of one turn if there's four players in the game.

Creating Spirits on your opponent's turns is good with Ephara, God of the Polis since then you draw a card at each player's upkeep. Mentor of the Meek can be also repeatable draw, but Spirits created can't ETB with more than 2 power and you have to pay to draw each time a Spirit is created.

Good luck with your deck.

Peligrad on Something new.

3 years ago

Sounds like we have similar play styles.

Some of my favorite commanders are:

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire. My 99 is all permanents. Lots of haste enablers. Lots of mana dorks. Win through combat with jundy stompy stuff. Your commander is a threat, removal, and a value engine all in one.

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave +1 counter voltron

Negan, The Cold-Blooded control the board and simultaneously gain value for it. Wins through combat or a big X spell or Revel in Riches

Ephara, God of the Polis slam 50+ of the best creatures and token generators into one deck, win through beat down, always have a full hand.

Chandra585 on Will Other Players Judge Me …

3 years ago

I'd first like to echo what Caerwyn said about the exact nature of objectification, and to add my own thought. Nicol Bolas is, in canon, a male dragon. His species does not have breasts, as they are reptiles. Now, I'm not normally one to whine about canon, but changing a character's species and gender into a combination of the two that can have breasts is really damn objectifying.

Additionally, I'd like to say that everything you do creates an impression on other people. If I walked into my LGS and sat down at a table, I'd expect to throw down my Coffin Queen or Ephara, God of the Polis mat, for the person next to me to put down a game knights exclusive mat, etc. If you come in and lay down tits-out Nicol Bolas, I am going to make a snap judgement about who you are. And I don't think you'd like what I judged you to be.