Daxos the Returned

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Daxos the Returned
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Daxos.png
Full Name Daxos the Returned
Affinities WhiteBlack
Origin set Daxos vs Kalemne Daxos vs Kalemne
Cost 650 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 116
Deck limits Creatures 6  ·  Spells 7  ·  Supports 6
Mana bonuses Icon W.png+4 · Icon U.png +2 · Icon B.png+4 · Icon R.png -1 · Icon G.png -1
Leveling cost 160,720 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)

Daxos the Returned is a white and black Theran demigod Planeswalker, introduced in March 2020 as one of the featured Planeswalkers in the Daxos vs Kalemne Duel Decks card set and Event.

He has higher than average health, average mana gains with a slightly unbalanced spread, and average deck limits.

His abilities have Aura and ExperienceExperience themes. His first Loyalty ability is cheap and becomes increasingly powerful as it is used; it both fetches an Aura or Enchantment card and summons a TokenToken creature that benefits from Auras, Enchantments and Loyalty abilities. His second ability can fetch cards from the graveyard, and give mana to creatures and Auras. His final ability gains ExperienceExperience, weakens opposing creatures and gains life; the debuff value scaling with ExperienceExperience.

Unlike Ashiok, Nightmare Muse' token creature, Daxos' Eidolon benefits from Casting an Aura, not Summoning one, so successive summonings of the Eidolon only add the 1 Experience from using the loyalty ability, and it does not gain power and toughness on its own. Nevertheless, it can add reinforcements much more quickly, multiplying its power rather than adding to it.

Like Calix, Destiny's Hand, he can create a locked board state where the opponent cannot damage him with creatures, by continually Fetching new copies of Hixus, Prison Warden and similar cards that are normally only temporary because they have so few Shields.

Stats

Daxos the Returned - level 60
Mana bonus Deck limits Health Leveling cost
White +4 Blue +2 Black +4 Red -1 Green -1 Loyalty 0 Creatures  6 Spells  7 Supports  6 116 160,720 Mana Runes
All level details 1-60          Up-down-arrow-icon.png Click to
Level

cost

Mana bonus Deck limits Health Abilities
Icon W.png Icon U.png Icon B.png Icon R.png Icon G.png Icon L.png Creature-Icon.png Spell-Icon.png Support-Icon.png 1 2 3
1-5

1220Rune.png

+2 0 +2 -3 -3 0 3 4 3 26 AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png
3 5 3
29
+3 0 +2 -3 -3 0
32
6-10

4580Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
35
3 5 4
38
AbilityLev1.png
11-15

9260Rune.png

41
+3 0 +3 -3 -3 0
44
4 5 4
47
16-20

15640Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
+3 0 +3 -2 -3 0
50
AbilityLev2.png
21-25

23690Rune.png

53
4 6 4
56
+3 0 +3 -2 -1 0
59
26-30

33380Rune.png

AbilityLev2.png
62
4 6 5
66
AbilityLev2.png
31-35

44660Rune.png

69
+3 +1 +3 -2 -1 0
72
5 6 5
36-40

57530Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
76
+4 +1 +3 -2 -1 0
80
AbilityLev3.png
41-45

71960Rune.png

84
5 7 5
88
+4 +1 +4 -2 -1 0
92
46-50

87920Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
96
5 7 6
100
AbilityLev4.png
51-55

112320Rune.png

104
+4 +1 +4 -1 -1 0
6 7 6
108
56-60

160720Rune.png

AbilityLev4.png
112
+4 +2 +4 -1 -1 0
116
AbilityLev4.png

Abilities

1: Eidolon of Longing
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 6-19 4 Create an Eidolon of Longing Token [1/1 Enchantment Spirit with "When you cast an Aura card: You gain 1 ExperienceExperience point. At the end of your turn: This creature's base power and toughness becomes X/X. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points."].
AbilityLev2.png 20-35 4 Create an Eidolon of Longing Token [1/1 Enchantment Spirit with "When you cast an Aura card: You gain 1 ExperienceExperience point. At the end of your turn: This creature's base power and toughness becomes X/X. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points."]. Fetch the first Aura card from your library.
AbilityLev3.png 36-49 4 Create a Greater Eidolon of Longing Token [1/1 Enchantment Spirit with "When you activate a Loyalty ability: You gain 1 ExperienceExperience point. When you cast an Aura or an Enchantment card: You gain 1 ExperienceExperience point. At the end of your turn: This creature's base power and toughness becomes X/X. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points."]. Fetch the first Aura card from your library.
AbilityLev4.png 50-60 4 Create a Greater Eidolon of Longing Token [1/1 Enchantment Spirit with "When you activate a Loyalty ability: You gain 1 ExperienceExperience point. When you cast an Aura or an Enchantment card: You gain 1 ExperienceExperience point. At the end of your turn: This creature's base power and toughness becomes X/X. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points."]. Fetch the first Aura or Enchantment card from your library.
2: Endless Search
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 10-25 12 Pick one of the first 2 cards from your graveyard. Fetch that card.
AbilityLev2.png 26-39 12 Pick one of the first 2 cards from your graveyard. Fetch that card. Then, the last creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.
AbilityLev3.png 40-55 12 Pick one of the first 4 cards from your graveyard. Fetch that card. Then, the last creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.
AbilityLev4.png 56-60 12 Pick one of the first 4 cards from your graveyard. Fetch that card. Then, the last Aura card and the last creature card in your hand gain X mana. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.
3: Underworld Bargain
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 16-29 18 You gain 6 ExperienceExperience points. Then, the first opposing creature gets -X/-X. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.
AbilityLev2.png 30-45 18 You gain 8 ExperienceExperience points. Then, the first opposing creature gets -X/-X and you gain X life. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.
AbilityLev3.png 46-59 18 You gain 8 ExperienceExperience points. Then, each opposing creature gets -X/-X and you gain X life. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.
AbilityLev4.png 60 18 You gain 10 ExperienceExperience points. Then, each opposing creature gets -X/-X and you gain X life. X is equal to your ExperienceExperience points.


Story

"Daxos of Meletis was killed by a Planeswalker he loved, but he was freed from the Underworld in a cruel bargain with the god of the dead. Now he is one of the Returned, traveling across the plane of Theros in an endless search for his beloved Elspeth Tirel—but she has taken his place in the realm of the dead. His blank, featureless face is hidden behind a golden mask twisted into a grotesque caricature of his grief."

Starting Deck

Card name Type Cost Color Rarity Set 
Omen of the Dead Supports (1) 8 Black Uncommon Theros Beyond Death THB Legacy 
Triumphant Surge Spells 7 White Common Theros Beyond Death THB Legacy 
Lampad of Death's Vigil Creatures (1/3) 6 Black Common Theros Beyond Death THB Legacy 
Funeral Rites Spells 6 Black Common Theros Beyond Death THB Legacy 
Totem-Guide Hartebeest Creatures (2/5) 11 White Uncommon Origins ORI 
Shambling Ghoul Creatures (2/2) 6 Black Common Origins ORI 
Enshrouding Mist Spells 5 White Common Origins ORI 
Alchemist's Vial Spells 6 Colorless Common Origins ORI 
Caves of Koilos Supports (2) 8 Colorless Common Origins ORI
Ritual of the Returned Missing card data