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Phyrexian Revoker

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

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CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$0.36
EDHREC rank
#5052
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Phyrexian Revoker card art
Phyrexian Revoker shuts off activated abilities on any nonland permanent the moment it hits the battlefield — no mana, no trigger, just a hard stop on mana rocks, planeswalkers, and engines your opponents are leaning on. Two mana for a 2/1 body is a real cost, but the effect is so immediate and broad that Phyrexian Revoker earns its slot anywhere you need a hatebear that doubles as a clock — and in stax shells that lean on cards like Lethal Vapors, it fits right into the denial suite that Yisan, the Wanderer Bard can tutor up at instant speed for a single verse counter.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

48.5% of decks · synergy 0.48

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard tutors Phyrexian Revoker directly onto the battlefield at verse counter 2, letting you surgically disable whatever activated ability is most threatening at that moment without spending a card.

02
Winota, Joiner of Forces

Winota, Joiner of Forces

37.5% of decks · synergy 0.36

Phyrexian Revoker is a non-Human artifact creature, which means every swing with Winota, Joiner of Forces digs for it — and once it's out, it locks down the mana abilities or combo pieces opponents need to answer the Winota engine before it goes wide.

03
Captain N'ghathrod

Captain N'ghathrod

25.5% of decks · synergy 0.24

Captain N'ghathrod mills opponents every combat, and Phyrexian Revoker doubles as a disruptive body that can name activated abilities on whatever threats end up in graveyards or in play before they can be used against you.

04
Umbris, Fear Manifest

Umbris, Fear Manifest

21.5% of decks · synergy 0.20

Umbris, Fear Manifest exiles from libraries and graveyards, and Phyrexian Revoker slots in as cheap interaction that can blank a commander's activated ability or a key mana outlet while Umbris continues growing.

05
Oswald Fiddlebender

Oswald Fiddlebender

18.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Oswald Fiddlebender can sacrifice Phyrexian Revoker to tutor up any two-mana artifact, turning it into a flexible combo piece that first disrupts an opponent's engine and then fuels your own.

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

In Commander, Phyrexian Revoker is a staple threat assessment tool — it answers mana rocks, planeswalker ultimates, and combo-piece activated abilities all on a cheap creature that applies early pressure. In Legacy and Vintage, it competes with Pithing Needle for the same effect, losing the body upside but keeping the permanent-type relevance for artifact synergies; Revoker sees fringe play in Death and Taxes and Workshop-adjacent strategies where the 2/1 matters. Modern and Pioneer have enough cheap interaction that Phyrexian Revoker is mostly a sideboard consideration against specific activated-ability-dependent combo decks rather than a maindeck lock piece.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.36 bulk tier

At $0.36, Phyrexian Revoker is bulk — easy to pick up and worth including in any stax or hatebear build without a second thought. It's been reprinted enough times that the price is unlikely to spike, so grab copies freely and don't sit on them as a hold.

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