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Phantatog

Creature — Atog

Sacrifice an enchantment: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Discard a card: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Odyssey
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#19514
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Phantatog card art
Phantatog turns graveyard and hand size into a temporary beatstick — discard a card or exile an enchantment from your graveyard to pump it +1/+1 until end of turn, stackable as many times as you can pay. The cost is real: you're burning resources for a window of damage, which means it only earns its slot in decks like Yenna, Redtooth Regent that treat the graveyard and enchantment recycling as a feature, not a tax.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Phantatog is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the conversation begins and ends — it sees no play in Legacy or Vintage, where a three-mana 1/2 with a resource-burning pump ability cannot compete. In Commander, Phantatog is a niche include for enchantment-heavy decks that generate graveyard recursion loops, using spent enchantments as fuel to convert an otherwise dormant board piece into a threat. Outside of a dedicated synergy shell, it's too slow and too hungry to justify the slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Phantatog is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not any demand. Expect this price to stay flat indefinitely; it has no competitive pedigree and narrow enough Commander appeal that a spike is essentially off the table.

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