Keranos, God of Storms is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue and red is less than seven, Keranos isn't a creature. Reveal the first card you draw on each of your turns. Whenever you reveal a land card this way, draw a card. Whenever you reveal a nonland card this way, Keranos deals 3 damage to any target.
Complete guide
Keranos, God of Storms is an elemental powerhouse that rewards you for the simple act of drawing your first card each turn. As a Theros-inspired God, he offers incredible resilience and consistent card advantage or direct damage depending on the whims of your library. Whether he manifests as a creature or remains a divine enchantment, his influence over the game state is undeniable.
The Nature of Divine Devotion
Keranos, God of Storms is always a creature card in your hand, library, and graveyard. However, while on the battlefield, he only becomes a creature if your devotion to blue and red is seven or greater. Your devotion is calculated by counting every blue or red mana symbol in the mana costs of permanents you control. If your devotion drops below seven, Keranos immediately ceases to be a creature and is removed from combat if he was attacking or blocking, though he remains a Legendary Enchantment with Indestructible.
Resolving the Insight of Storms
At the start of your turn, the first card you draw is revealed to all players. This is a mandatory reveal that triggers a specific ability based on the card type. If you reveal a land, the ability goes on the stack and, upon resolution, you draw an additional card. If you reveal a nonland card, the ability triggers and allows you to deal 3 damage to any target. Note that the second card you draw via the land trigger is not revealed, as it is no longer the 'first' card drawn that turn.
Common Timing and Interaction Mistakes
A common mistake involves 'entering the battlefield' (ETB) triggers. When Keranos enters, he counts his own mana symbols toward your devotion. If he brings your total to seven or more, he triggers abilities that care about a creature entering the battlefield. However, replacement effects (like 'enters with a +1/+1 counter') check your devotion before he is actually on the field, meaning his own mana symbols won't count for those specific checks. Also, remember that even if Keranos is not a creature, his triggered abilities still function normally.
When to Harness the Storm
Keranos is best utilized in control or mid-range decks that can protect their life total while the God generates incremental advantage. Because he is Indestructible, he survives most board wipes, allowing you to untap and continue drawing extra cards or picking off enemy creatures and planeswalkers with lightning bolts. He is particularly effective when you have ways to manipulate the top of your library to guarantee the specific trigger you need for the current board state.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf you have Keranos, God of Storms on the battlefield and your Solemn Simulacrum dies during your turn, the draw from the Simulacrum will not trigger Keranos unless it is the very first card you have drawn that turn. If it is your first draw, you reveal it. If it's a land, you draw again; if not, you deal 3 damage. Keranos only cares about the first card drawn each turn, regardless of how you drew it.
Roaming ThroneSuppose you control Roaming Throne and chose 'God' as the creature type, and your devotion is seven or more (making Keranos a creature). When you reveal the first card of your turn, Keranos's ability triggers. Because he is currently a creature of the chosen type, Roaming Throne causes that ability to trigger a second time. If you reveal a land, you will draw two additional cards. If you reveal a nonland, you will deal 3 damage twice to any targets.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Keranos, God of Storms
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect causes a God to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Your devotion to two colors is the number of mana symbols among mana costs of permanents you control that are the first color, the second, or both. If an effect counts your devotion to two colors, a hybrid symbol that is both of those colors is counted just once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The type-changing ability that can make a God not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It's always a creature card in other zones, regardless of your devotion to its color. It's always a creature spell while it's on the stack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
As a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color will determine whether any replacement effects that affect creatures entering the battlefield apply to that God. Because replacement effects are considered before the God is on the battlefield, the mana symbols in its mana cost won't be counted when determining this.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
When a God enters the battlefield, your devotion to its color (including the mana symbols in the mana cost of the God itself) will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If a God stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary enchantment.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
The abilities of Gods function as long as they're on the battlefield, regardless of whether they're creatures.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If a God is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won't rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
Counters put on a God remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
If you reveal a land card this way, Keranos's triggered ability will cause you to draw another card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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