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Gods
In General
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Kruphix explains that gods are created and sustained from mortal belief.
- Creation Myth: Mythic Odyssey of Theros claims that Kruphix and Klothys were first born from the primordial chaos before Theros was created. This is false, as the gods only came into existence after mortals.
- Jerkass Gods: In keeping with the inspiration, all gods of Theros are jackasses. At best they are nice unless you anger them, which it takes very little to do, and punish you severely, at worst they are actively tyrannical and cruel even to their own worshippers. Some are certainly worse than others, but at the end of the day none are the kind of people you would want to have that much power.
Heliod
- "'I am lord of the pantheon. I am the greatest of these."
Color: White (primary), Blue
Race: Phyrexian God
The Theran god of the Sun, presiding over law, justice, retribution, honor, ethics, speeches, marriages, dawn meals, and self sacrifice. His color alignment is White.
- Ambition Is Evil: His ambition to be king of the gods causes a great deal of the trouble in the Theros block. In Theros: Beyond Death, it leads to all-out war as he begins trying to erase all traces of the other gods.
- Arc Villain: He's the real villain of the Theros cycle and for Theros: Beyond Death.
- The Caligula: The entirely self-entitled king of the gods is an insane tyrant.
- Composite Character: Of Helios and Zeus. Also, given his role on the storyline and personality, possibly of the Demiurge.
- Control Freak: What causes him to kill Elspeth is the realization that she's a planeswalker, and the idea that there might be realms that are beyond his rule or ability to influence offends him.
- Evil Is Petty: The sheer nastiness he descends into just to stick it to people (and gods) he dislikes is awe-inspiring.
- Fate Worse than Death: The end of the Beyond Death Story. Elspeth bests Heliod by convincing people she wielded Heliod's spear, causing his to shatter. After surrendering, Erebos cast him into the Underworld and placed him under a boulder for all eternity or until he's forgotten about by his worshippers.
- God of Light: He's Theros' god of the sun, the chief of the gods, the lord of light and the king of creation. He is also an arrogant tyrant who sees all others as beneath him. He is bitter enemies with Erebos, the God of the Dead, who came into being from Heliod's shadow when he tore it from himself and cast it into the Underworld.
- Green-Eyed Monster: His reason for killing Elspeth.Heliod: You are too much like the satyr. Your eyes have seen things I can't fathom. And a champion cannot know more than her god.
- Hate Sink: Given how he is written as a petty, traitorous, hate-filled bastard in Godsend, it's unlikely that he was intended to be particularly sympathetic.
- Hero Killer: He murders Elspeth with his spear.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Heliod's vanity and paranoia of being replaced leads him to want all the devotion on Theros to be directed to him. Said devotion ends up causing Khrusor to shatter as Elspeth convinces the people the spear she wields is the real Khrusor.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: While he prevously considered himself the greatest being that has ever been, he developed this after learning of other planes. After learning that his "eternal" reign only extended to a tiny realm in a vast multiverse, he threw quite the temper tantrum.
- It's All About Me: He is motivated entirely by a sense of entitlement and falls into jealousy rather quickly.
- Jerkass: There is simply no way to describe his sheer arrogance, carelessness and petty acts of cruelty.
- Jerkass Gods: Perhaps the biggest offender, being prone to violent retribution.
- Karma Houdini: The atrocities he commits are never repaid upon him in the Godsend saga.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: He's finally punished for everything he's done at the end of Beyond Death. Erebos drags him to the Underworld and places an impossibly heavy boulder on his back, trapping him there either for eternity or until all worship of him dies out and takes him with it. He suffers even more punishment in "March of the Machine" when the compleat Ajani corrupts him into a Phyrexian God and Kaya then guts him like a fish.
- Kick the Dog: Killing Elspeth is the standout example.
- Kick Them While They Are Down: Tries to pull this off on Elspeth and Purphoros alike. The former most often.
- Knight Templar: The reason Heliod remains White despite his It's All About Me tendencies: he believes his actions are truly for the good of Theros.
- Light 'em Up: As the sun god of Theros, it's a given.
- Light Is Not Good: He's a sun god, but is one of the most ruthless of the gods of Theros. He's also the real villain of the Theros Block.
- Mook Maker: His card can summon 2/1 Cleric tokens.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Sports an extra set of arms after compleation.
- Named Weapons: His spear Krushor, which can be thrown to hit anywhere in Theros.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His goals for starting the war between the gods is to get more praise, and he got the opposite when most of the other gods found out and begun to despise him. Elspeth, meanwhile, became recognized by the denizens of Theros as a hero. On top of that, his murder of Elspeth prompted Ajani to spread the story of what happened, sparking a burgeoning movement to stop worshipping the gods, and since the gods of Theros are powered by belief...
- Odd Job Gods: Presides, among other things, over dawn meals.note
- Pride: Basically his character flaw. It's tearing the world apart because of his progressively more taxing demands for acknowledgement.
- Psychopathic Manchild: He's basically throwing one hell of a temper tantrum because he wants acknowledgement.
- The Power of the Sun: The Theros sun god. And not the first one at that.
- Treacherous Advisor: Sets up Elspeth as his Champion, only to use her to his own selfish ends.
- You Have Out Lived Your Usefulness: To Elspeth.
Thassa
Color: Blue
Race: God
The Theran god of the sea, presiding over aquatic creatures, ancient knowledge, murmurs, gradual change, introspection, vast distances, long voyages and patterns. Her color alignment is Blue.
- Bad Boss: Orders Kiora's army of monsters to slaughter legions of tritons just to make a point to the Planeswalker.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: Thassa is slow to anger, yet is implacable once roused. This becomes a plot point when she learns of Kiora's actions during Born of the Gods; their resulting feud makes sea travel very difficult for a certain Champion's attempt to get to Kruphix's temple at the edge of the world.
- Evil Gloating: Takes her sweet time trashtalking Kiora after she has already won, which allows Kiora to book it with Dekella. To be fair, she was trying to put on a show to encourage the tritons to worship her.
- Expy: Of Thalassa.
- Making a Splash: As the God of the sea, she has control over water.
- Odd Friendship: She counts Purphoros as one of her few friends among the Pantheon, despite their obvious differences. Mythic Odyssies Of Theros suggests this is because she doesn’t view him as a threat to her power over the seas (water douses fire, after all, and even he can’t reforge the waves) so she's not as parnoid about him as she is of everyone else. For his part, Purphoros just likes having someone who appreciates his craftsmanship, and her palace is apparently full of the gifts he forged for her.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: She looks like one and many of her worshipers are Tritons, the merfolk of Theros.
- Named Weapons: Her bident, which she uses to control the sea monsters of her plane, is named Dekella.
- Prongs of Poseidon: Her weapon is a bident called Dekella. It's later stolen from her by Kiora.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: In Godsend at least, where she quickly understands Elspeth and Ajani are not to blame for the plane's troubles and defends Purphoros against Heliod's paranoid accusations. In other stories, however, she is depicted as rather petty, like with her duel with Kiora.
- Unblockable Attack: Her mana ability makes an attacking creature unblockable.
- Written by the Winners: By the people still on this plane, at least. Mythic Odyssey of Theros recounts how the Therans recount the tale of Kiora stealing her trident, and it's depicted as Thassa striking the upstart down with so much power that the bident shattered, instead of the reality that Kiora stole it.
Erebos
Color: Black
Race: Phyrexian God
The Theran god of the Underworld, born from the first shadow cast by the Sun, and banished into the lower realms by Heliod. Presides over death, misfortune, ill fate, begrudging acceptance, envy, bitterness and wealth. His color alignment is Black.
- Casting a Shadow: An interesting subversion: as the god of the Underworld, he is both unconnected from sunlight and from the realm of Nyx, the night sky, thus he has no particular control over magical darkness despite his color-identity.
- Dark Is Not Evil: He's mono-black, but is (relatively) one of the more benevolent gods of Theros.
- Don't Fear the Reaper: Treats those who call on them compassionately, and is firm but ultimately benevolent to the dead.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: He appears Compleated fighting Ephara in a single piece of card art in March of the Machine.
- Expy: Of Hades, with the name of an older protogenoi deity.
- Everybody Hates Hades: Played with. Erebos holds domain over both unpleasant things like death, but also nicer things like wealth. He is not any worse than other gods, and arguably nicer than Heliod. That said, this is not a high bar to clear, and Erebos is still a massive Jerkass God.
- Evil Is Petty: Maybe not evil, but he's noted to mete out gruesome punishments for fairly minor offenses. Mythic Odyssey of Theros recounts how two lovers who temporarily cheated death are now being tormented for eternity for that feat.
- God of the Dead: He serves as a Hades analogue and rules over the shades of the departed in the Underworld. A bleak and forbidding figure, Erebos permits nobody to avoid or escape from his realm, and uses his impossibly long whip Mastix to snare reluctant souls and pull them into death.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He does morally questionable things from time to time (his repeated attempts to capture and possess Daxos come to mind), but he's ultimately capable of genuine moments of compassion, as shown in "Emonberry Red".
- Named Weapons: Mastix, a seemingly endlessly long whip he uses as a weapon and to drag wayward souls back to the Underworld.
- Necromancer: His whip's ability can bring back creatures from the graveyard for one turn.
- Pet the Dog: Lets Elspeth return to life as thanks for defeating Heliod in Beyond Death.
- Religion of Evil: Played with. While most of Erebos's worshippers are benign, there is a minority among them who exalt death and seek to have Erebos battle Heliod. This minority happens to be the most dangerous of them.
- Whip of Dominance: He's the ruthless ruler and strict warden of the Underworld and he fittingly has a custom whip s his weapon of choice, symbolic of his tyrannical authority. While his whip can be used as a weapon or a tool of punishment, its more frequent function is as a snare to pull the reluctant dead into his realm.
- Worthless Yellow Rocks: As the god of wealth, Erebos is venerated by a money cult. Erebos himself doesn't care much about gold, especially when it's common in the Underworld. Actual underworld currency is coinage minted from the clay of funerary masks.
- You Can't Fight Fate: This is basically his hat. He is benevolent to those who resign themselves to their fates, but becomes enraged should someone attempt to flee from the Underworld, trying to pull them back with Mastix.
Purphoros
Color: Red
Race: God
The Theran god of the forge, fire, "the restless Earth", labor, passion and artistry. His color alignment is Red.
- Cool Sword: He created a blade of chaos during his original conflict with Heliod, which is so powerful it can tear Nyx apart. The same sword later becomes the Godsend after he loses it during the battle.
- Elemental Powers: Has domain over most of Red's elements, chiefly earth, metal and fire.
- Expy: Of Hephaestus.
- Forged by the Gods: He makes divine weapons forged by himself.
- Mad Artist: Purphoros follows no rules save his own creative and destructive impulses. He will forge great artifacts only to dash them to pieces and start anew, or flood an area with lava to make way for something new.
- Magma Man: He appears as a muscular man made from lava.
- Mind Rape: The victim of this by Kruphix.
- Meaningful Name: Derived from "Pyrphoros", the title of Prometheus, the giant who brought fire to the humans.
- Mood-Swinger: When frustrated, Purphoros can fall into despondency before lashing out at the world.
- Named Weapons: He wields a warhammer named Akmon.
- Rebellious Spirit: Is defenitely having none of Heliod's tyranny.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: The paragon of blacksmiths on Theros, teaching his followers about unique crafts like the use of bronze.
- You Can't Make an Omelette...: As stated in Magmatic Insight
:Chief among the tenets of Purphoros is that one must destroy in order to create.
Nylea
Color: Green
Race: God
The Theran god of the hunt, the seasons, forests, predation, hunger, metamorphosis and rebirth. Her color alignment is Green.
- The Beastmaster: The god of wildlife and indeed the one that controls hydras, often sending them to attack the poleis.
- Big Good: Of the Theros block. She is ultimately the one god who sees through Xenagos before his ascension, and she is the most helpful to Elspeth and Ajani, providing some assistance during their fight against Xenagos and trying to evacuate them from Heliod's wrath.
- Cassandra Truth: She discovers Xenagos's plan, but the other gods only listen to her when it's too late.
- Expy: As a bow-wielding goddess of wilderness and the hunt, she's clearly meant to be one for Artemis.
- Green Thumb: Has command over the wilds, and wants to make forests grow to replace civilization.
- Hypocrite: Hates and kills sport hunters... while using insects as her target practice (illusory ones, though).
- Irony: She hates hunters even though she is the goddess of the hunt.
- Nature Hero: Comes with being a green deity.
- Named Weapons: Her shortbow, Ephixis.
- Only Sane Man: She is the only one amidst the gods who remains neutral to Heliod and Purphoros' conflict. She's also the only one to understand Xenagos's plan, and the only one who ultimately acknowledges that Elspeth is not responsible for Xenagos's ascension.
- Seasonal Baggage:
Word of God says that each of the four abilities of the Bow of Nylea card represents one season. - The Social Darwinist: Also comes with being a green deity.
Ephara
Color: White and Blue
Race: God
The Theran goddess of magic and scholarship and one of the ten minor gods. She taught the inhabitants of Meletis the art of spellcasting which led to the overthrowing of the tyrannical Archon Agnomakhos. She became the patron goddess of Meletis ever since. Her color alignment is White/Blue.
- Benevolent Precursors: As a contrast to most of the other gods, she helped the humans of Meletis overthrow Agnomakhos by teaching them magic.
- Expy: Of Athena who's the patron goddess of the city of Athens of which Meletis is based off of. Ephara also shares similarities with Hera, both being goddesses of civilization, structure and buildings, and her image of carrying a leaking pot reminds one of the sign of Aquarius, associated with Hera. Also slightly of Prometheus by giving mortals knowledge, magic and Godfire.
- God of Knowledge: She is the goddess of magic and scholarship, and taught the use of magic to humanity.
- Living Statue: Befitting the goddess of architecture, Ephara has the appearance of one.
- Revenge by Proxy: In Godsend she likes it when Heliod's followers die. Granted, the guy is a douchebag, but it's still very callous of her.
- Western Zodiac: Her artwork shows her pouring a jar filled with what can best be described as galaxy-water. This brings to mind Aquarius, especially since it as the sign associated with the goddess Hera, which she takes visual clues from.
Athreos
Color: White and Black
Race: God
A minor god of Theros, who is the ferryman to the Underworld. His color alignment is White/Black.
- Canine Companion: Has a Cerberus pet named Kuronos.
- Don't Fear the Reaper: Similar to Erebos, he's an okay guy with a really morbid job. He probably doesn't get invited to the other gods' parties, though.
- Expy: Of Charon, the ferryman of the underworld of Greek mythology.
- The Ferryman: He ferries dead across the rivers that girdle the Underworld. Incorporated into his card, which forces your opponent to pay a toll of life in order to ensure that your creatures stay dead.
- Godzilla Threshold: Unleashes the titan Kroxa to fight the Phyrexians that invade the Underworld.
- Our Gryphons Are Different: Uses undead gryphons to snatch whoever is unwilling to go with him.
- Psychopomp: As a stand-in for Charon, he is tasked with ferrying the souls of dead Therans to the Underworld.
- Sickly Green Glow: The artwork for his card and his Sentry of the Underworld both feature eerie green gas and lighting. This may be a feature of the rivers that Athreos ferries souls across.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Mythic Odyssey of Theros mentions that there is one mortal who knows Athreos better than any other; a woman who refuses to go on his ferry and simply hangs out on the far side of the river, throwing out insults at the god whenever he passes by. This is the closest thing Athreos has to a personal relationship.
- Was Once a Man: One of the myths about him presented in Mythic Odyssey of Theros is that Athreos was the first mortal who died, demanding a place among the gods once he did so. The gods, realizing that it would soon became a problem if people kept dying like this, told Athreos that he would be welcome to join them, but first he had to collect five coins they threw out into the world, thus explaining why Athreos demands a coin from each dead.
Phenax
Color: Blue and Black
Race: God (formerly Human zombie)
One of the 10 "minor" gods of Theros, Phenax is the Theran god of lies and deceit. He plays an important role in the Theros storyline, being associated with Ashiok. His color alignment is Blue/Black.
- Ambition Is Evil: Ambition at the expense of the natural order is his motto.
- Bargain with Heaven: Has made one with Ashiok out of appreciation of their works. Whenever Ashiok is on Theros Phenax hides them from view of the other gods.
- The Blank: His default form is in the likeness of the Nostron (the "Returned"), having no face to speak of and wearing a golden mask. Quite fitting for the god of deceit.
- Creepy Crows: Seemingly associated with them.
- Dark Is Evil: Or at least very much a jerk.
- Deity of Human Origin: The Flavor Text of Minion's Return reveals that Phenax was once a mortal who ascended to godhood, presumably due to his feat of being the first to escape the Underworld.
- Depraved Homosexual: In the short story The Consequences of Attraction, he cursed a woman and turned her into a siren because she basically "stole" a guy he was in love with.
- Expy: He seems to share some traits with Hermes, particularly in his attributes as a deceptive god, only without the charm and benevolence of the mythological counterpart. Like Hermes, he is also associated with death (albeit in the exact opposite way; instead of bringing souls into the Underworld, he takes the Returned out) and with LGBT romance (albeit in the case of Hermes it was benevolent patronship, while with Phenax is throwing a hissy fit over someone else "stealing his lover"). Also similar to Eris, goddess of discord; like her, he manipulates everyone into offing themselves for his benefit.
- God of Evil: God of deception, lies, deceit. Not to mention an utter jerk about it. Also the patron of the criminals.
- I Love the Dead: At least according to Xenagos's Double Entendre in the Born Of The Gods trailer.
- Jackass Genie: Pray to him to avoid looking at a gorgon? He'll be happy to permanently blind you.
- Jerkass God: And how! Enough that Heliod (who is far from a role model himself) wants him gone.
- Manipulative Bastard: Comes with being a god of deceit.
- Our Zombies Are Different: Governs over the Nostron (the Returned), Theros' tragic, shade-like zombies. Quite fitting, considering he's all about subverting fate... and screwing with people.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Apparently he escaped imprisonment in the Underworld imposed by Heliod himself.
- Trickster God: The Theran Pantheon’s resident patron of lies, secrets, and betrayal.
- Visionary Villain: Plans to create another necropolis for the Returned, which apparently is all part of his grander plan.
- White Mask of Doom: Well, gold, but same difference. His mask makes him menacing, being essentially the same as that of the Returned.
- Yandere: Given his treatment of Xandria, turning her into a siren because she stole his man.
Keranos
Color: Blue and Red
Race: God
A minor god of Theros, Keranos is the god of storms and is known for delivering prophecies. His color alignment is Blue/Red.
- Elemental Powers: Has domain over elements common in a Blue/Red combo, chiefly air, lightning and the weather.
- Expy: Of Apollo, a god of prophecy who is also associated with storms. He also bears some similarities to the Anemoi, the greek wind gods. His name is also an epithet of Zeus, though he personality wise has nothing to do with him beyond the connection with lightning.
- God of Thunder: He's Theros' god of storms. He takes after Zeus conceptually, generally resembling a bearded man wielding a lightning bolt in his hand, and is tempestuous and fickle in personality. He's aligned with Blue mana, the color associated with air and the sky, and Red, the color of chaos, emotions and dramatic natural phenomena.
- Jerkass Gods: Is pretty spiteful and arrogant, striking mortals down with his lightning for the pettiest of whims.
- Mad Artist: He inspires his followers to express their creativity in very odd ways, like by creating chimaeras.
- Psycho Electro: He apparently threw one hell of a temper tantrum against the polis of Setessa when Karametra pissed him off.
Mogis
Color: Black and Red
Race: God
A minor god of Theros, Mogis is worshiped by the Minotaurs as the god of bloodlust, wanton violence, murder, cannibalism, and the anger and fear that arises from war. His color alignment is Black/Red.
- Chaos Is Evil: The god of violent passions and extremely malevolent.
- Dark Is Evil: Aligned with black and red mana and violently murderous.
- The Corrupter: It was him who created the catoblepas (which, like their mythological counterparts, are evil pestilence-breathing beasts) by cursing an arrogant farmer's cows. Also his influence lies on the hearts of all people.
- Evil Twin: Mogis represents the anger and blood lust of war in contrast to his twin brother Iroas' domain over the honor and sportsmanship of competition.
- Expy: Shares similarities with Ares who's a blood-thirsty War God. Also with Phobos and/or Deimos, which are similarly twins of war.
- God of Evil: God of bloodlust, anger, hatred and other violent, negative emotions. Also quite possibly literally the god of evil, as he is described as the god of malice and in the short story The Nature of Identity his corrupting influence is described in almost satanic terms.
- Jerkass Gods: Being a murderous psychopath who lusts after death and destruction makes him qualify just a little.
- Our Minotaurs Are Different: His default form is a giant axe-bearing minotaur, and the savage bull-men are his main mortal worshippers.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: His red eye is adopted into slang in Meletis which means a violent death.
- Sadistic Choice: His card offers his opponents the choice of losing life or sacrificing a creature every upkeep.
- Satanic Archetype: In addition to drawing parallels to some Greek gods, he also draws some to Satan as well in that he corrupts the hearts of men into violence and hate. Being a minotaur only helps establish the connection.
- War God: He's technically the god of bloodlust and fear caused by warfare but he still counts.
Pharika
Color: Black and Green
Race: God
A minor goddess of Theros, Pharika is the goddess of medicine, poison, and snakes. Commonly worshiped by Gorgons. Prayers to her are written on letters and wrapped in ceramics to be dumped in bogs. Her color alignment is Black/Green.
- Blood Magic: It's said that she hid many medical cures inside the blood of gorgons.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Or at least her worshipers aren't, since they work as healers and even aided Elspeth.
- Deadly Doctor: Is the goddess of medicine and poison, both being two sides of the same coin.
- Expy: Of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine (with some aspects of Apollo in his plague bearer aspect), and of Hecate, which is also a magician goddess associated with cures and dark things.
- The Medic: The Theros goddess of medicine.
- Medusa: Some of her followers are gorgons, and she herself takes the form of a gigantic gorgon.
- Poisonous Person: The Theros goddess of poison.
- The Sacred Darkness: Of the "double edged sword between disease and plague" sort of way.
- Snake People: She has a serpentine body from the waist down.
Klothys
Color: Red and Green
Race: God
A minor goddess of Theros, Klothys is the goddess of fate. After the Titans were defeated, she sequestered herself to the Underworld to watch over them forever but upon learning that Elspeth was attempting to escape the Underworld, creates the Agent of Fate Calix to track her down. Her first appearance is in Theros: Beyond Death. Her color alignment is Red/Green
- Control Freak: Has shades of this. She dictates fate, and her anger is directed at anyone who defies her decrees, ranging from those who escape death, to those who lost a contest they were supposed to win.
- Foreshadowing: The existence of a Red/Green god prior to Xenagos was foreshadowed by the name of their corresponding temple: while "Abandon" can refer to mindless revelry, it can also be interpreted as "abandoned".
- The Jailer: What she decides to become after the Titans were cast into the Underworld.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: According to Mythic Odyssey of Theros, Klothys and Kruphix are often considered siblings, with their domains being near mirror opposites of each other; Kruphix is the god of mysteries and the unknowing of what lies beyond the horizon. Klothys is the god of fate and knowing exactly what your life will amount to.
- You Can't Fight Fate: Klothys exists to enforce this rule by dispatching agents to correct the path of those who would defy their destiny.
Xenagos
Color: Red and Green
Race: God (formerly Satyr)
A new, minor deity of Theros, Xenagos is the god of revelry, and ascended using the power of a victory celebration thrown by the citizens of Akros. His color alignment is Red/Green.
See Xenagos on the Magic: the Gathering Planeswalkers Post-Mending page.
Iroas
Color: Red and White
Race: God
A minor god of Theros, Iroas is the god of competition, honorable combat, and victory. Also the patron god of Akros where people throw ceremonies similar to the Olympics. His color alignment is Red/White.
- Cool Helmet: He wears a warrior's helmet that covers his head.
- Expy: Of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Also of Mars or Ares in his spartan aspect, as opposed to his twin, Mogis, who is Ares in his normal, God of Evil aspect.
- The Faceless: He wears a helmet that fully obcures his face.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
- Our Centaurs Are Different: His default form, in contrast to his brother's minotaur form, is that of a centaur with the lower body of a bull.
- War God: In contrast to his brother Mogis, he represents sportsmanship, honorable warfare and glorious victories.
Karametra
Color: Green and White
Race: God
A minor goddess of Theros, Karametra is the goddess of agriculture, the hearth and orphans. She serves as both an associate and rival towards Nylea. Her color alignment is Green/White.
- Expy: Of Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, and of Hestia, goddess of the hearth and family.
- Green Thumb: The Theros goddess of agriculture.
- Order Versus Chaos: The reason why Karametra and Nylea are rivals. While Nylea represents the untamed wilderness, Karametra stands for farming, which is control over nature.
- Orphanage of Love: Her followers run one.
- Orphan's Ordeal: She helps others through these as the goddess of orphans.
- Plant Hair: Her locks are made of vines.
Kruphix
Color: Green and Blue
Race: God
A minor god of Theros, who is associated with horizons, dawns, mysteries, and prophecies. He helps Elspeth and Ajani reach Nyx to confront Xenagos. His color alignment is Green/Blue.
- Almighty Janitor: A "minor" god, but also the eldest (as far as he or anyone else knows) and as shown in Godsend is powerful enough to keep all thirteen of the other gods inside Nyx.
- Expy: Of Phanes and Ananke, Greek primordial deities of cycles and inevitability. Also of Eos, if his role as a dawn deity is indeed a correct assessment.
- The Faceless: Usually manifests as a silhouette of Nyx. Fitting for a god of mysteries.
- God of Knowledge: He is the god of horizons, mysteries, and time. He knows everything that has ever been known by a person on Theros. As the oldest god, he knows secrets that even the others are unaware of.
- Gods Need Prayer Badly: Kruphix explains that the gods are mortal beliefs made real by the magic of Nyx, he himself coming into being when a mortal first began to wonder. Their existence is dependant upon those beliefs continuing.
- Living Shadow: His form is pure Nyx, being essentially a vaguely humanoid piece of the night sky.
- Mind Rape: Performs this on Purphoros.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has four arms.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If he hadn't banished the gods to Nyx, Nylea might have been able to prevent Xenagos from ascending.
- The Omniscient: Played with. As the god of mysteries, he knows everything that everyone on Theros knows. This includes planeswalkers, so Kruphix knows of the Eldrazi, Nicol Bolas, and Phyrexia.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: As the "eldest" of the gods, his wisdom and concern are definitely shown.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: According to Mythic Odyssey of Theros, he and Klothys are often considered siblings, with their domains being near mirror opposites of each other; Kruphix is the god of mysteries and the unknowing of what lies beyond the horizon. Klothys is the god of fate and knowing exactly what your life will amount to.
- These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: He holds the knowledge of such, and a quote of his from Dictate of Kruphix sums it up:"Knowledge is cruel. It will break your heart and test your allegiances. Are you certain you want this curse?"
- Time Abyss: While all the gods of Theros are ancient, Kruphix is the oldest among them. He himself claims he became when the first mortal started to wonder.
Mortals
Anax and Cymede
Color: Red and White
Race: Demigod (Anax), Phyrexian (Cymede) (Formerly humans)
Class: Soldier
The monarchs of the polis of Akros.
- Ambiguously Bi: In his eponymous story, "Prince Akros", Anax has some homoerotic subtext with other male youths, particularly his "friend" Zotikos. Nonetheless, he settles with Cymede, though it's stated to be an arranged marriage. In Godsend, it's also implied that Anax likes seeing the Akroan games for the men there.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Flavor Text of Phyrexian Pegasus confirms that Cymede was compleated during the invasion.
- Arranged Marriage
- Batman Gambit: Anax exploits his brother's lessons to Cripple the Competition by presenting the choice between a safe takedown and the kneebar that crippled Anax's mentor. The brother falls for it without a second thought, and not only loses the competition, he is convicted of treason when Anax calls him out.
- Crippling the Competition: Exploited.
- Elemental Powers: Cymede has control over water and earth, something she doesn't share with even her husband.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Their card's flavor text: Akros's greatest heroes are also its royalty.
- Youngest Child Wins: Inverted. Helps that the younger brother is both evil and a moron.
Daxos of Meletis
Color: White (primary), Blue and Black (formerly)
Race: Demigod (formerly Human zombie)
Class: Soldier
Daxos is an oracle of the gods from Meletis who joins Elspeth on her journey.
- And I Must Scream: His ultimate fate is to be revived as a Returned who pursues Elspeth even though she is dead. The Commander 2015 set shows that he is still condemned to this fate.
- Came Back Wrong: Erebos cheats Elspeth her end of the deal by returning him as a zombie. Later he is fully resurrected by Heliod, but is completely under the sun god's will and Elspeth claims he's "different" in the Capenna storyline.
- Cool Mask: He gets a golden face mask as a result of coming back as a Returned.
- Fallen Hero: Once a heroic man, first he comes back as a mindless zombie and then as a slave to the sun god.
- Forced into Evil: As a demigod he was completely under Heliod's will, even turning against his beloved Elspeth.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: His weapon was a small broadsword.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Xenagos uses mind control to manipulate Elspeth into stabbing him to death.
- Mook Maker: He is able to create spirits after being brought back. The spirits grow in power and toughness the more enchantments you play.
- Stalker with a Crush: He loses most of his memories as a Returned, but has kept enough to remember Elspeth and seek her out. Unfortunately, he is unaware that she is condemned to the Theros Underworld.
- Unblockable Attack: Somewhat. His original card can't be blocked by creatures 3 or greater (keep in mind that he himself is a 2/2).
- Walking Shirtless Scene: His card art shows him bare-chested. He gets what looks to be a toga as a Returned, although most of his chest is still visible.
Agnomakhos
Race: Archon
A historical Archon tyrant that once ruled what is now Meletis, then defeated by the humans, who used Ephara's magic.
- Evil Overlord: Down to having leonin mooks!
- Light Is Not Good: Being an Archon and all. He was an angelic being of pure White mana... and also a cruel, ruthless tyrant.
- Our Archons Are Different: Theros archons are evil tyrants and he was their emperor.
- Posthumous Character: By the time the events of the Theros block happen, he's been dead for centuries.
Perisophia
Race: Centaur
A philosopher hailing from the polis of Meletis, and the teacher to many of Meletis's children. Consults with Ephara herself when she sleeps.
- Cool Teacher: Refuses to treat her students as morons, although she is seen admonishing them to be patient when formulating answers to philosophical questions.
Xandria
Race: Siren (formerly Human)
The protagonist of The Consequences Of Attraction, a woman cursed into being a siren by Phenax for loving the subject of his attractions.
- Feathered Fiend: As a siren she's a cannibalistic bird person, who gives in to her urges as much as she tries otherwise.
- Tragic Villain: Its hard to not pity her, turned into a monster simply because she cockblocked Phenax.
- Was Once a Man: A woman turned into a siren by a spiteful god.
Kalemnos
Race: Merfolk
A triton — Theros' native merfolk — speaker of the Siren Sea. Upon Kiora's arrival in Theros, she presses him into service as her guide.
- God Guise: Averted. While most of the local tritons are impressed enough by Kiora's display of power to think this, Kalemnos points out several inconsistencies with the actual Thassa's appearances. Though it should be noted that Kiora wasn't trying very hard.
- Join or Die: Is implicitly threatened by Kiora to join her:Kiora: I like you. I also have a sea monster. Want to help?
Hixus
Color: White
Race: Human
Class: Soldier
The human prison warden of Akros. Master of the magic of hieromancy. Taught a young Kytheon Iora the art of hieromancy during the youth's incarceration.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: While he's unhappy about the prison riot that happened because of Kytheon, he's willing to talk to the youngster and see the latter's potential, taking young Kytheon under his wings.
