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Phantom Train

Artifact — Vehicle

Trample
Sacrifice another artifact or creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this Vehicle. It becomes a Spirit artifact creature in addition to its other types until end of turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Final Fantasy
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#12610
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Phantom Train card art
Phantom Train enters swinging — it deals damage to a creature or planeswalker and produces a Treasure on the way in, packing immediate board impact and mana acceleration into a single card. The cost is real: five mana for an artifact creature is a lot to ask, and outside of Celes, Rune Knight or sacrifice-hungry commanders like Teysa, Opulent Oligarch, that rate doesn't justify the slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

14.5% of decks · synergy 0.14

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch turns every token and death trigger into value, and Phantom Train delivers both — a Treasure to sacrifice and a body to feed the engine — in one package.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Phantom Train is legal across every major constructed format, but it doesn't show up in any of them outside Commander. Five mana for a 3/3 that pings and makes a Treasure is too slow and too low-impact for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where that slot demands an immediate game-warping threat. In Commander, the calculus is friendlier — the Treasure accelerates your next turn, the damage pings down a planeswalker or softens a blocker, and sacrifice synergies give the body a second use. It's still a niche role-player rather than a staple, but Commander is the one format where it earns consideration.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

211 decks
Pitiless PlundererGravecrawlerPhantom Train

Pitiless PlundererGravecrawlerPhantom Train

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature

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117 decks
Camellia, the SeedmiserPeregrin TookPhantom Train

Camellia, the SeedmiserPeregrin TookPhantom Train

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Food tokens

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Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Phantom Train is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in. Don't expect that price to move; it's a casual-only card with narrow application and no competitive demand pulling it upward.

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