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Phantasmal Image

Creature — Illusion MV 2

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What it does

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Combos with Phantasmal Image

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

7 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2017-03-14

    If Phantasmal Image somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Phantasmal Image can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.

  • 2017-03-14

    If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Phantasmal Image), then Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature copied.

  • 2017-03-14

    Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[this creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the chosen creature will also work.

  • 2017-03-14

    Phantasmal Image copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below) and it gains the Illusion creature type and the triggered ability. It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.

  • 2017-03-14

    If the chosen creature is a token, Phantasmal Image copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token. Phantasmal Image is not a token in this case.

  • 2017-03-14

    The Illusion creature type and the triggered ability that Phantasmal Image gains as part of its copy effect are both copiable values that other effects may copy.

  • 2017-03-14

    If the chosen creature has X in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Phantasmal Image, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 2
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm 1 0 —
Sefris of the Hidden Ways 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Temur 1 deck
  • Esper 1 deck

Phantasmal Image price history

The Forgotten Realms Commander #89 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly.

Non-foil today$5.12▲ $0.35 (7.3%)
Low $4.55 · High $5.64Tracked since Sep 28, 2026
Every recorded price change
DateNon-foil
Oct 26, 2026$5.12
Oct 25, 2026$5.12
Oct 23, 2026$5.24
Oct 22, 2026$5.26
Oct 21, 2026$5.36
Oct 20, 2026$5.46
Oct 19, 2026$5.56
Oct 18, 2026$5.61
Oct 17, 2026$5.64
Oct 15, 2026$5.63
Oct 14, 2026$5.60
Oct 13, 2026$5.35
Oct 12, 2026$5.19
Oct 10, 2026$5.03
Oct 9, 2026$5.06
Oct 8, 2026$4.96
Oct 7, 2026$5.04
Oct 5, 2026$4.90
Oct 4, 2026$4.81
Oct 3, 2026$4.62
Oct 2, 2026$4.55
Oct 1, 2026$4.57
Sep 30, 2026$4.68
Sep 29, 2026$4.78
Sep 28, 2026$4.77

A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.

Every version of Phantasmal Image

5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Phantasmal Image. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.

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