4 pips of Devotion when Heliod, Sun Crowned enters the battlefield
Life gain effects from Ajani's Welcome and Lunarch Veteran trigger in Explorer on Arena when the devotion from Heliod's mana cost is the 5th pip of devotion in play. Heliod should enter the battlefield as an enchantment and then become a creature instead of entering the battlefield as a creature, and thus the life gain effects should not trigger.
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MidnightLightning#24198 commented
On Gather, there's a ruling posted on 1/24/2020 for Heliod that indicates:
"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."
And "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."
So it appears this interaction is actually correct as Arena did it.
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Quroe#26754 commented
I had an odd situation where I think devotion was incorrectly counted. It mattered in this match where Heliod animated too early. I think I have 4 devotion here, but I have 5 in the game. I think it was counting my Golden Egg toward my devotion count, because I sacrificed it and turned Heliod "off" later in the match.
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[Deleted User] commented
From Gatherer
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.