Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix"
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
: Target creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29179
Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix" gives target creatures -0/-2 until end of turn for two mana, a narrow defensive trick that rarely justifies a deck slot. The effect is too small to matter against most threats and does nothing on offense, making it one of the weaker options in green's toolkit.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix" is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the effect is too low-impact — spending two mana at instant speed to shrink a creature's toughness temporarily is rarely a winning line at a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage have such a high baseline of interaction that Pang Tong simply doesn't register. Oathbreaker is the only context where niche creature-based tech occasionally finds a home, but even there, better options exist at the same mana cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.