Phantasmal Mount
Creature — Illusion Horse
Flying
: Target creature you control with toughness 2 or less gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn. When this creature leaves the battlefield this turn, sacrifice that creature. When the creature leaves the battlefield this turn, sacrifice this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25813
Phantasmal Mount attaches to a creature you control and grants it flying and +1/+1 for as long as both remain on the battlefield — reasonable upside that costs only two mana. The catch is the Illusion clause: target the enchanted creature with anything and both the Mount and the host get sacrificed, making this a fragile investment against any opponent with interaction.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Phantasmal Mount is a fringe card in every format where it's legal. In Commander, the Illusion drawback is a liability at a four-player table where someone almost always has a target effect; the +1/+1 and flying rarely justify the two-card exposure. In Pauper, evasion matters more and the format moves faster, but Phantasmal Mount still competes poorly against more resilient aura options. Legacy and Vintage have no meaningful home for it — the power level gap is too wide. The only context where it earns a real look is a dedicated Illusion tribal list, where commanders like Lorthos or niche Azorius builds can at least lean into the creature type.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Phantasmal Mount isn't available, but as a low-demand creature enchantment from an older set it almost certainly sits at bulk rare or near-bulk levels — expect to pay well under a dollar. It's not a pickup for power reasons; the only reason to hunt one down is completing an Illusion tribal theme.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.