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Phylath, World Sculptor

Legendary Creature — Elemental

When Phylath enters, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token for each basic land you control.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put four +1/+1 counters on target Plant you control.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
rare
Set
Zendikar Rising
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#4785
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Phylath, World Sculptor card art
Phylath, World Sculptor enters and immediately floods the board with 0/1 Plant tokens — one per basic land you control, which in a ramp-heavy deck means four to seven bodies on the spot, each growing every time a land enters. The six-mana cost is real, but Nim Deathmantle loops and Kirri, Talented Sprout decks that care about token volume treat it as an engine piece, not a finisher that needs to survive.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kirri, Talented Sprout

Kirri, Talented Sprout

70.6% of decks · synergy 0.69

Kirri, Talented Sprout is the natural home — Phylath, World Sculptor's enter-the-battlefield token flood feeds Kirri's toughness-matters payoffs directly, and the Plants keep growing as Kirri's land-fetching continues.

02
Omnath, Locus of the Roil

Omnath, Locus of the Roil

33.0% of decks · synergy 0.31

Omnath, Locus of the Roil turns every land drop into a ping, so the wave of Plants Phylath, World Sculptor creates arrives alongside a flurry of damage triggers and instant board presence.

03
Omnath, Locus of Rage

Omnath, Locus of Rage

32.6% of decks · synergy 0.30

Omnath, Locus of Rage generates 5/5 Elementals off land drops, and Phylath, World Sculptor layers a parallel token army on top of the same land-heavy game plan — two payoffs for the same resource.

04
Thromok the Insatiable

Thromok the Insatiable

31.9% of decks · synergy 0.29

Thromok the Insatiable needs raw token count, and Phylath, World Sculptor can deliver half a dozen bodies the turn it lands, giving Thromok a massive Devour target the very next turn.

05
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.23

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor animates lands and rewards stacking land drops, so Phylath, World Sculptor's entry trigger converts that land count directly into a wide board of countered-up Plants.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Phylath, World Sculptor is a Commander card through and through — a six-mana legendary creature that rewards a dedicated land-ramp shell is exactly the kind of build-around that thrives in 100-card singleton. It's technically legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, but it won't see competitive play in any of them; six mana for a creature with no immediate protection is too slow for those formats regardless of the token payoff. In Oathbreaker it has niche potential as a signature spell target, though the restrictions there keep it from being a format pillar.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

5 decks
Kenrith, the Returned KingPhyrexian AltarPhylath, World Sculptor

Kenrith, the Returned KingPhyrexian AltarPhylath, World Sculptor

Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens with 0 power; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control; Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Phylath, World Sculptor is firmly bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the deck calls for it. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications rarely climb unless a breakout combo or precon reprint drives demand, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.

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