Murmuring Phantasm
Creature — Spirit
Defender
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #18196
Murmuring Phantasm is a 0/5 defender for two mana — it blocks early aggression and does nothing else. No enters-the-battlefield effect, no upside, just a wall; run it only if your deck specifically rewards high-toughness creatures or defender tribal.
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 |
Murmuring Phantasm finds its only real home in Pauper defender-aggro shells, where Assault Formation or High Alert turns a 0/5 body into a two-mana 5/5 attacker and the common card pool makes that payoff accessible. In Commander, a vanilla 0/5 blocker doesn't survive contact with the format's power level — you need interaction on your permanents, and Murmuring Phantasm offers none. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have better walls at the same cost, so it doesn't see play in any of them outside of budget Pauper-adjacent brews.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Murmuring Phantasm is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard. It won't appreciate; demand is too narrow and supply too deep for the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.