Gossamer Phantasm
Creature — Illusion
Flying
When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #28156
Gossamer Phantasm is a 2/1 flyer for two mana that sacrifices itself the moment an opponent targets it — solid stats for the cost, zero staying power. It's a niche role-player at best, and most blue decks have no reason to run it over creatures that survive interaction.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gossamer Phantasm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the self-sacrifice clause is actively punishing — the format runs so much targeted removal and bounce that Gossamer Phantasm will rarely survive long enough to matter. Pauper is where the stat line is most respectable, but even there a 2/1 flyer that dies to a Snap or any targeting spell is outclassed by sturdier options. Across all formats, the card's ceiling is narrow tribal or sacrifice synergy lists that specifically want cheap, fragile blue creatures.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Gossamer Phantasm is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move without an unlikely reprint spike or sudden tribal relevance, so there's no financial angle here either way.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.