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Xenagos, God of Revels

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
mythic
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1195
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Xenagos, God of Revels card art
Xenagos, God of Revels turns any attacking creature into a one-shot threat by doubling its power and giving it haste — a Malignus swinging for half the table's life total becomes lethal before anyone can blink. The five-mana cost is the only real friction, and an indestructible enchantment that sticks through most removal makes that investment pay off fast, especially alongside a creature like Wildsear, Scouring Maw that already wants to swing wide and hard.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Wildsear, Scouring Maw

Wildsear, Scouring Maw

63.4% of decks · synergy 0.49

Wildsear, Scouring Maw is built to attack with massive creatures and punish blockers, so Xenagos, God of Revels slotting in at 63% inclusion is no surprise — doubling Wildsear's already-enormous power the turn it swings turns a threat into a one-hit kill.

02
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

61.2% of decks · synergy 0.47

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole forces opponents to block or suffer consequences, and Xenagos, God of Revels makes the block-or-die math brutally unfavorable — a doubled Anzrag demanding blocks while triggering extra combat steps is a game-ending loop most tables can't survive.

03
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

51.9% of decks · synergy 0.46

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wants a single pumped-up creature dealing massive first-strike damage in combat, and Xenagos, God of Revels delivers that immediately by doubling her power the turn she attacks.

04
Wolverine, Best There Is

Wolverine, Best There Is

55.2% of decks · synergy 0.41

Wolverine, Best There Is already has trample and a built-in pump trigger from damage dealt, so Xenagos, God of Revels stacking a power-double on top of that creates a snowballing attacker that threatens lethal in one or two swings.

05
Neyith of the Dire Hunt

Neyith of the Dire Hunt

54.4% of decks · synergy 0.40

Neyith of the Dire Hunt draws cards whenever a creature you control is blocked or wins a fight, and Xenagos, God of Revels ensures those creatures are large enough to win every fight they pick — the combination turns aggressive combat into a card-advantage engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Xenagos, God of Revels earns its reputation — 40 life totals demand the kind of exponential damage scaling that doubling a creature's power provides, and the indestructible body ignores most removal at the table. In Legacy and Vintage, a five-mana enchantment that doesn't affect the board until the next attack step is too slow; those formats end before Xenagos, God of Revels gets to do anything meaningful. Pioneer and Modern are similarly hostile to it — creature strategies in those formats close games before turn five, and a non-creature permanent that asks you to already have a threat in play doesn't fit the tempo. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card adjacent format where it sees real play, particularly as a signature spell paired with a Gruul planeswalker, though the commander zone restriction limits some of its flexibility there.

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Price Context

Current price

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Current pricing data for Xenagos, God of Revels isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most accurate number before buying. Historically it has held moderate value as an indestructible enchantment god with broad Gruul appeal, and multiple printings have kept the floor accessible.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.