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Phage the Untouchable

Legendary Creature — Avatar Minion

When Phage enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, you lose the game.
Whenever Phage deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.
Whenever Phage deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Conspiracy
Price
$11.72
EDHREC rank
#7429
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Phage the Untouchable card art
Phage the Untouchable kills any player it deals combat damage to — no life total required, just connection — but if you put it onto the battlefield from anywhere other than your hand, you lose the game on the spot. That punishing clause is the whole design tension: shells like Mimeoplasm, Revered One that cheat creatures into play from graveyards have to work around it deliberately, and engines like Endless Whispers can weaponize the self-destruct clause against opponents instead.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mimeoplasm, Revered One

Mimeoplasm, Revered One

34.7% of decks · synergy 0.34

Mimeoplasm, Revered One enters as a copy of any creature in a graveyard, which means it can absorb Phage the Untouchable's power and toughness without ever putting Phage onto the battlefield — sidestepping the loss condition entirely while retaining the one-hit kill threat.

02

Zenos yae Galvus

23.6% of decks · synergy 0.23

Zenos yae Galvus rewards combat-focused strategies where getting a massive, evasive threat through is already the gameplan, and Phage the Untouchable is the ultimate high-end finisher in that context — one unblocked swing ends a player.

03
Maralen of the Mornsong

Maralen of the Mornsong

6.7% of decks · synergy 0.06

Maralen of the Mornsong locks opponents out of drawing normally and can tutor Phage the Untouchable directly to hand, which is the one zone from which Phage can safely enter the battlefield — making Maralen one of the cleanest setups for a legitimate cast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Phage the Untouchable actually sees play — the multiplayer table means one connection kills one opponent outright, and graveyard-based commanders offer legitimate workarounds to the casting restriction. In Legacy and Vintage, the seven mana cost and the need to cast it from hand (not reanimate it) make it strictly worse than other reanimation targets that don't threaten to kill you if a Restoration Angel blinks it unexpectedly. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card, faster format rarely wants a seven-mana creature with this many hoops. Phage the Untouchable is a Commander card through and through — the political and mechanical complexity of the ability scales best with the longer game and multiple opponents.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There is no true budget replacement for Phage the Untouchable's specific effect — instant-kill-on-damage is unique to it — but if the goal is a one-hit elimination threat, Blightsteel Colossus fills a similar role via infect and is comparably priced, while Hatred can close out a single opponent at instant speed for far less mana investment. Neither replicates the combo-piece angle that Phage enables with graveyard and reanimation synergies, so they're substitutes for the win condition only, not the engine.

Price Context

Current price

$11.72 mid tier

At $11.72, Phage the Untouchable sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, not a bulk pickup. It's a niche card with a loyal fanbase in specific Commander archetypes, so the price is stable rather than speculative.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.