Netherborn Phalanx
Creature — Horror
When this creature enters, each opponent loses 1 life for each creature they control.
Transmute 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- GRN Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #15405
Netherborn Phalanx enters the battlefield and immediately drains each opponent for the number of creatures they control — in a 4-player game against a token player, that's lethal-range damage before it ever attacks. The transmute cost lets you tutor it to hand when you need it, which makes it do double duty as a toolbox piece and a board-state punisher.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Netherborn Phalanx earns its slot — three opponents multiplies the drain trigger, and token-heavy metas mean the life loss routinely hits 5–15 per player on entry. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; the formats are too fast and too focused for a five-mana 3/3 with a situational ETB to matter. Transmute is the card's hidden upside in Commander specifically: it's a tutor for any other five-mana card in your deck, which includes some of the format's most powerful black payoffs.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Netherborn Phalanx is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable; there's no pressure pushing it up and the card sees narrow enough play that a reprint wouldn't even register.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.