Parhelion II
Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Flying, first strike, vigilance
Whenever Parhelion II attacks, create two 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance that are attacking.
Crew 4 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 4 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.94
- EDHREC rank
- #3088
Parhelion II lands and immediately swings for 13 in the air while deploying two 4/4 Angel tokens — all for eight mana. The catch is that cost: outside of cheat-into-play strategies like Greasefang, Okiba Boss, you're not casting this fairly and winning the same turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Greasefang, Okiba Boss is the definitive Parhelion II home — Greasefang reanimates it from the graveyard at the start of combat, you swing for 13 and make two Angels, and the vehicle returns to the graveyard at end of turn to do it again next rotation.
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster cares about Vehicles and crewing them, and Parhelion II is the highest-upside threat that shell can slam down — the two Angel tokens it produces on attack feed right back into Kolodin's go-wide gameplan.
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy can crew and untap Vehicles, which means Parhelion II gets to attack repeatedly in a single turn cycle rather than sitting idle after one swing.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower enables artifact-based Vehicle synergies that make crewing Parhelion II trivially easy, and the 13 flying power it threatens closes games fast in a shell that might otherwise grind value.
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Shorikai, Genesis Engine is the most popular Vehicle commander by a wide margin, so Parhelion II slots in as the top-end threat — Shorikai's self-crewing ability means the battlecruiser actually gets off the ground without dedicating extra creatures.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Parhelion II actually does something — the graveyard-reanimation and cheat-into-play density of the format makes its eight-mana cost irrelevant, and a 13-power flying attack plus two Angel tokens ends games on the spot. In Pioneer and Modern, Parhelion II sees fringe play in dedicated Vehicle or reanimator shells, though competing with faster, more consistent threats keeps it a niche inclusion rather than a staple. Legacy and Vintage are legal but practically uninterested — the card is simply too slow for those formats even as a one-of reanimation target. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic at a smaller scale: if the signature spell cheats it into play, it's a bomb; if you're casting it fairly, it's too expensive to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.94 bulk tier
At $0.94, Parhelion II is deep bulk — you're picking it up for essentially nothing despite being the cornerstone of one of Commander's most popular two-card combos. That price reflects its narrow application outside dedicated Vehicle or reanimator lists, but for any Greasefang, Okiba Boss build it's a mandatory inclusion at essentially zero cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Greasefang, Okiba Boss
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
- Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.