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Phantasmal Image

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5 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Phantasmal Image, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2306 2025-11-17

Card text

{1}{U}
Creature — Illusion
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."
0 / 0
EDHREC rank #1514 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 5 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2017-03-14 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Phantasmal Image, Forgotten Realms Commander printing
Forgotten Realms Commander
AFC · #89
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Fusion Gaming · Condition HP