Phantasmal Image

Phantasmal Image

Creature — Illusion

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

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 that ability

static — copies a permanent

static — grants a keyword

When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

triggered —

Causes: copy a creature, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Illusion is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 24 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Minn, Wily Illusionist — When Phantasmal Image is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Minn, Wily Illusionist puts a creature onto the battlefield

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

When you sacrifice Phantasmal Image:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

When you sacrifice Phantasmal Image:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

When Phantasmal Image is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

When Phantasmal Image dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

When Phantasmal Image dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

458 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Phantasmal Image leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — Phantasmal Image copies Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero; the legend rule puts one of them into the graveyard, triggering its death ability

18 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Phantasmal Image fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Phantasmal Image attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

148 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Phantasmal Image attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  5. Corpse Cur — When Corpse Cur enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  6. Rayblade Trooper — When Rayblade Trooper enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  7. Puppeteer Clique — When Puppeteer Clique enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  8. Crypt Angel — When Crypt Angel enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  9. Enslaved Horror — When Enslaved Horror enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again

437 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Phantasmal Image is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. The Master, Transcendent — When The Master, Transcendent enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest — When Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Alharu, Solemn Ritualist — When Alharu, Solemn Ritualist enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  5. Garna, the Bloodflame — When Garna, the Bloodflame enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  6. Ruxa, Patient Professor — When Ruxa, Patient Professor enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  7. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again
  8. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters because Phantasmal Image copies it, its ability triggers again

103 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.