Alliances · 1996
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Legality
Phantasmal Fiend
Creature — Illusion
Printings & Editions
Premodern-legal editions of Phantasmal Fiend — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.
Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.
Critical Rulings
"Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed."
— 2005-11-01
"Effects that switch power and toughness are always applied last when determining a creature's power and toughness, even if other power/toughness-changing effects are created later in the turn. For example, if you activate Phantasmal Fiend's first ability, it will become 2/4. Then if you activate its second ability, it will become 4/2. Then if you activate its first ability again, it will become 3/3."
— 2008-10-01
"Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature may become lethal if you switch its power and toughness during that turn."
— 2021-03-19
"Effects that switch a creature's power and toughness apply after all other effects, regardless of when those effects began to apply. For instance, if you target a 1/2 creature then give it +2/+0 later in the turn, it's a 2/3 creature, not a 4/1 creature."
— 2021-03-19
"Switching a creature's power and toughness twice (or any even number of times) effectively returns the creature to the power and toughness it had before any switches."
— 2021-03-19
Price History
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Decks playing Phantasmal Fiend (0)
No mainboard decks match.