Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to white is less than five, this isn't a creature.

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.

{1}{W}: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Combos

• Deathbringer Thoctar + Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Herald of the Pantheon
• Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Karlov of the Ghost Council
• Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Kitchen Finks

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
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

DemonDragonJ on Life Springs Eternal

3 months ago

I contemplated putting both Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista into this deck, but that combo is too cliche, at this point, and I also would like to have put both Fight Rigging and Rabble Rousing into this deck, but I was not able to make room, for those cards, unfortunately.

Profet93, thank you, very much, and I certainly would be interested to hear any suggestions that you have to offer!

kamarupa on Mono White Devotion

4 months ago

I'd like to see a few more devotion spells or at least a stronger ability to cast the 2 devotion spells that are included. And to that end, I think you need at least 2 more lands.

I'm kind of surprised you included neither Daxos, Blessed by the Sun nor Heliod, Sun-Crowned, as both seem better white devotion spells in modern than Reverent Hoplite. I concede that both the aforementioned spells are Legendary, and therefore not the best spells to run full sets of, but you're only running 2x of the only devotion spell I see included, and that spell, at 5MV, seems unlikely to get cast in such a fast format, especially when you've only got 21 lands.

DemonDragonJ on Advice for a Green/White EDH …

4 months ago

DarkKiridon, that is a nice card, but it is somewhat conditional, so I am not certain if I would use it.

Poly_raptor, the combo of Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Spike Feeder is too cliche, so I would prefer to avoid it, but Attended Healer is amazing, so I thank you, for suggesting it!

What about Chord of Calling, Shared Summons, or Enduring Vitality? Would any of those cards be good for the type of deck that I am seeking to build?

Poly_raptor on Advice for a Green/White EDH …

4 months ago

I like this idea, depending on how you feel about infinite combos you could run Heliod, Sun-Crowned & Spike Feeder

I also like Attended Healer effects here, they would work really well with Cathars' Crusade

Cathedral Acolyte would also work really well for your counters theme.

Look forward to seeing the deck!

capwner on Is the only problem with …

11 months ago

Yup World_Peace summed it up, lifegain just doesn't matter if you have lost on the board.

Inf lifegain combos like Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Spike Feeder are good because many strategies will have no way to deal you enough damage or win before they deck themselves

Timely Reinforcements is a cool lifegain card, usually a sideboard card for if you need to 'buy time' like you said, but you need to have a gameplan that can win with the time you bought.

SaberTech on My 3-headed baby girl

1 year ago

A card that I would recommend for a deck like this is Trudge Garden since the tokens it produces trigger the lifegain from your commander or other Soul Warden type creatures, giving you another potential activation. You could very quickly build up a large board state over a few turns.

Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn might also be worth considering. Since its ability triggers at the end of opponents' turns too, having Soul Warden and other similar cards on the board means that Lathiel will also grow your creatures in response to all the creatures your opponents play. Lathiel combines really well with Spike Feeder to gain you increasing amounts of life at the end of each person's turn. I don't know if you are purposefully avoiding using infinite combos though, so it should be noted that Spike Feeder combos with Heliod, Sun-Crowned to gain you infinite life.

Niko9 on WOTC announcement - All Commanders …

1 year ago

You know, this is exactly the kind of thing that I really like in magic. Not necessarily the format that this makes, but just wotc doing an event just because it's fun for players, that's something I haven't seen for a good bit : ) I could definitely build something fun out of what I've got laying around and have a good time with this.

That being said, I think it would make a terrible format, but a great event. Imagine somebody playing 5 color Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista combo that could hold up Fierce Guardianship and Force of Will to protect the combo. Or Yawgmoth, Thran Physician with an undying partner for a command zone combo.

I like that it's a fun event, it's a theme that just works great for me, and I don't know, I think it's kind of nice to see wotc saying to players, fun is playing the game, after so long of them saying, fun is buying the game.

austintayshus on Healing Therapy with Mr. Oloro

1 year ago

love the life gain deck! You've already got lots of great cards in this deck.

I might suggest Suture Priest if you find you want another Soul Warden type effect.

And of course Heliod, Sun-Crowned is great especially when you have so many different lifegain triggers to play off.