Phoenix

''This article is about the creature "Phoenix". For the character, see Elias Finch.''

Phoenixes are powerful beings who appear human, and are very rare in existence. They have the power to burn anyone into ash with a simple touch of its hand. Even though a Phoenix is immortal and powerful, it is still vulnerable to iron like many other supernatural creatures. Like all creatures, a Phoenix was able to die by being shot by the Colt.

They combust upon death; their ashes can kill Eve, the Mother of All.

Powers and Abilities

 * Incineration by touch - A Phoenix could incinerate anyone with a single touch.
 * Immortality - A Phoenix is immortal, meaning that it does not age at all. A Phoenix is immune to death by natural causes and aging.
 * Superhuman Strength - Phoenix's are incredibly strong. One Phoenix was strong enough to break out of its coffin, after it had been nailed down and buried.

Vulnerabilities

 * The Colt- Since this gun was created to kill all creatures, a Phoenix can be killed using the Colt. Which Dean does in a showdown.
 * Iron- Dean figures out that a Phoenix can't touch Iron, as like most monsters, it burns their flesh, it also couldn't escape iron handcuffs.

Season 6
Sam and Dean Winchester travel back to 1861 to retrieve the ashes from a phoenix that will be shot by the famous hunter Samuel Colt. They arrive just as Elias Finch is hanged, and he "dies" swearing vengeance on the sheriff, judge and deputy. That night Elias rises from his grave. The judge is the first to die, incinerated by Elias' touch. The sheriff dies soon after in the same fashion, despite shooting Elias several times with his gun. The next day, Elias finds the deputy cowering in a jail cell, protected by Dean.

Elias explains to Dean that he was framed for the murder of his wife. While the couple were visiting the town, the deputy tried to rape Elias' wife, and when he intervened the deputy shot her and Elias. She died in Elias' arms however, being a Phoenix, the gunshot didn't harm him. The deputy then conspired with the Judge and Sheriff and accused Elias of killing his wife. He was unable to escape as he was bound with iron shackles.

He is unable to get to the deputy due to the iron bars surrounding him, so he grabs a gun and shoots the deputy instead. Dean flees and runs into Sam, who has retrieved the Colt from Samuel. Dean and Elias face off in classic cowboy style, resulting in Dean killing Elias. The shot from the Colt causes him to incinerate leaving a pile of ash. The brothers were brought back before they could retrieve the phoenix's ashes, however, Samuel Colt arranges for a package to be delivered to Sam in 2011, containing the ashes.

Later, Dean packs the ashes of the phoenix into 5 shotgun cartridges. The contents of one he drinks with an ounce of whiskey, so that when Eve bites him, the blood she ingests is poisoned and kills her.

Known Phoenixes

 * Elias Finch

Lore
The phoenix is a beautiful, colourful firebird and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends), found in cultures including Greek, Persian and Chinese. It is very long-lived, and near the end of its life it builds a nest. The bird and the nest then combust, and from the ashes a new phoenix is born. In some stories the bird can take human form.

In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (literally "sun-city" in Greek).