Detective's Phoenix

As of Aug 8, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Detective's Phoenix is $0.36 (MH3 #116, Foil), and the most expensive is $2.07 (MH3 #457, Extended Art, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.40, up 17.6% over 7 days, up 29.0% over 30 days, up 53.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $3.63 (2024).

Detective's Phoenix has 3 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease and extended art treatments.

MH3 #116 Foil

$0.36

CK $1.49 / $0.45 -25%

MP $0.31 41 avail

MH3 #116

$0.40

CK $0.69 / $0.09 78%

MP $0.15 386 avail

MH3 #457 Extended Art

$0.69 +72%

CK $1.49 / $0.75 -9%

MP $0.46 40 avail

PMH3 #116s Prerelease Foil

$1.91 +377%

CK $2.99 / $1.35 29%

MP $1.70 11 avail

MH3 #457 Extended Art Foil

$2.07 +418%

CK $2.99 / $0.90 57%

MP $0.76 18 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $1.35 cash for PMH3 #116s (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 55% (wide).

• Jun 7, 2024 Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
• Jun 7, 2024 If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
• Jun 7, 2024 If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
• Jun 7, 2024 On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
• Jun 7, 2024 Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.

Detective's Phoenix has been reprinted 5 times. The Modern Horizons 3 reprint cut the price 93% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
PMH3 #116s	2024-06-14	Rare	Prerelease	—	$1.14	$0.84	$0.71
MH3 #116	2024-06-14	Rare	Standard	$1.11	$0.35	$0.18	$0.62
MH3 #457	2024-06-14	Rare	Extended Art	$3.96	$1.12	$0.45	$1.50
MH3 #457	2024-06-14	Rare	Extended Art	$1.57	$0.43	$0.44	$1.12
MH3 #116	2024-06-14	Rare	Standard	$2.18	$0.26	$0.16	$0.57

Detective's Phoenix is the #8,422 most-played card on EDHREC, down 5 places over the last 30 days.