Leyline Phantom
Creature — Illusion
When this creature deals combat damage, return it to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it survived combat.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #28381
Leyline Phantom is a 5/5 for five that bounces itself to your hand at end of combat — a repeatable body that never sticks to the board. Unless your deck specifically wants to trigger enters-the-battlefield effects over and over, that drawback makes it dead weight.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Leyline Phantom is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees negligible play in all of them. In Commander, the self-bounce is a feature only in dedicated blink or ETB-abuse shells — outside of those, a 5/5 that disappears every turn cycle does nothing to advance a board state. In Pauper, where efficient creatures define the format, a five-mana creature that can't close games and demands repeated replaying is simply too slow. Across every format where it's legal, Leyline Phantom is outclassed by creatures that either stay in play or generate immediate value beyond raw stats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Leyline Phantom sits firmly in bulk territory. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow applications rarely move off that floor, so don't expect this to appreciate.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.