Phyrexian Gremlins
Creature — Phyrexian Gremlin
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
: Tap target artifact. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Antiquities
- Price
- $1.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29377
Phyrexian Gremlins gives you a repeatable tap ability to neuter an artifact each turn — relevant disruption stapled to a body, for three mana. The cost is that it does nothing proactively; you're taxing an opponent's artifact rather than destroying it, which means a patient opponent can work around it.
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 |
In Commander, Phyrexian Gremlins occupies a narrow slot: artifact-heavy metas make it serviceable, but it competes against permanent removal that actually solves the problem rather than delaying it. In Pauper, where artifact-based strategies are more prevalent and card options are constrained by rarity, it has a stronger case as a budget answer. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the power level gap is too wide for a three-mana do-nothing-immediately creature to see play.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.06 cheap tier
At $1.06, Phyrexian Gremlins sits at the low end of the cheap tier — you're not making a significant investment. That price is stable given the card sees minimal competitive demand, so don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.