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Phantom Steed

Creature — Horse Illusion

Flash
When this creature enters, exile another target creature you control until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of the exiled card, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types. Sacrifice that token at end of combat.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander
Price
$0.43
EDHREC rank
#10819
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Phantom Steed card art
Phantom Steed creates an Illusion token copy of any non-Illusion creature you control at the end of combat, generating immediate board presence at the cost of exiling the original if the token leaves play. The four-mana enchantment rewards decks already packed with high-value creatures — Radiant Solar turns the trigger into a recurring Angel factory, and Minn, Wily Illusionist gets a second Illusion body every swing for free.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Minn, Wily Illusionist

Minn, Wily Illusionist

40.7% of decks · synergy 0.39

Phantom Steed slots into Minn, Wily Illusionist as an engine multiplier — every end-of-combat Illusion token Phantom Steed produces triggers Minn's ability, digging deeper into the library and putting more Illusions onto the battlefield without spending additional cards.

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

Phantom Steed sees essentially all of its play in Commander, where four mana for a repeatable token generator is acceptable and creature-value decks have the time to get the engine running. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but the four-mana enchantment is far too slow to compete in those formats where efficiency is measured in single mana. Oathbreaker is the only other realistic venue, and only in slower pods where the combat trigger has time to accrue advantage.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.43 bulk tier

At $0.43, Phantom Steed is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without any budget consideration. Bulk enchantments with niche combo applications rarely climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the mainstream, so treat it as a cheap slot-filler rather than a pickup with upside.

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