Phantasmal Image
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SetM12
Collector #72
Released2011-07-15
Rarityrare
ArtistNils Hamm
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Phantasmal Image

RareColour IDMV 2
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."
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Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2017-03-17Newest 2025-11-17Cheapest priced $4.99 in AFC
Rulings (7)
wotc14 Mar 2017
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.
wotc14 Mar 2017
If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
wotc14 Mar 2017
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.
wotc14 Mar 2017
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.
wotc14 Mar 2017
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.
wotc14 Mar 2017
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.