Card

Ozai, the Phoenix King

Mana cost {2}{B}{B}{R}{R}

Legendary Creature — Human Noble 7/7

Trample, firebending 4, haste If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes red instead. Ozai has flying and indestructible as long as you have six or more unspent mana.

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 6 known combos. 7 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · TLA · #235
Cheapest printing
€3.49
EDHREC salt
—
Color identity
Black, Red
Keywords
Haste, Trample, Firebending

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

6 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    Firebending abilities aren't mana abilities. They use the stack and can be responded to.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    "Firebending N" is a keyword that represents the ability "Whenever this creature attacks, add N {R}. Until end of combat, you don't lose this mana as steps end."
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    As long as Ozai, the Phoenix King is on the battlefield, you'll keep unspent mana as steps and phases end (although it will become red). This means you can add mana and spend it during a future step, phase, or turn. Once Ozai leaves the battlefield, you have until the end of the current step or phase to use the mana before it disappears.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    Multiple instances of firebending on the same creature trigger separately, each granting you the appropriate amount of mana.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    Any other mana you add during combat will still be lost as normal when moving between steps of combat.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    Mana from firebending abilities isn't lost until you leave combat and go to your second main phase. It can be used at any time during combat, even after combat damage has been dealt.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    If unspent mana has any restrictions or riders associated with it (for example, if it was produced by White Lotus Hideout), those restrictions or riders will remain associated with that mana when it becomes red.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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