Phytotitan
Creature — Plant Elemental
When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of their next upkeep.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.62
- EDHREC rank
- #8635
Phytotitan puts a 7/2 on the board for five mana and refuses to stay dead — when it dies, it returns to the battlefield tapped at the beginning of your next end step, making it a renewable sacrifice target or a permanent blocker you can never truly lose. The catch is that 2 toughness means anything trades with it, but under Zilortha, Strength Incarnate, power replaces toughness for damage, so that fragile body becomes irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate replaces toughness with power for combat damage, turning Phytotitan's 7/2 statline into a 7-damage threat that shrugs off the very weakness that makes it awkward elsewhere — and since it keeps coming back, Zilortha players get a reliable high-power attacker every combat.
Ziatora, the Incinerator
Ziatora, the Incinerator flings creatures at opponents for damage equal to their power, and Phytotitan's 7 power makes it one of the most efficient fling targets in the format — sacrifice it to Ziatora, deal 7, then watch it walk back onto the battlefield at end of turn ready to do it again.
Kirri, Talented Sprout
Kirri, Talented Sprout rewards you for playing multiple spells in a turn and generates Plant tokens, so Phytotitan slots in as a high-power Plant that pulls double duty — it triggers plant-payoffs and returns itself for free, keeping the synergy engine fed without spending extra card slots.
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride sacrifices creatures to Saddle and draw cards, and Phytotitan is one of the cleanest sacrifice targets available — spend it for value, draw your card, and it comes back at end of turn so you never run out of fuel.
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord sacrifices creatures to deal damage equal to their power to each opponent, and Phytotitan's 7 power means each activation hits for 7 — the self-recursion means you can repeat the Jarad activation turn after turn without ever needing to recast Phytotitan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Phytotitan is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees real play in Commander. In Modern and Pioneer the five-mana slot demands immediate board impact or a combo payoff, and a 7/2 that returns tapped on your next end step is too slow and too fragile against removal-heavy fields. Legacy and Vintage move fast enough that Phytotitan never resolves meaningfully. Commander is where the self-recursion clause goes from quirky to genuinely useful — sacrifice synergies, power-matters commanders, and value engines all give Phytotitan a home that faster formats simply don't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.62 bulk tier
At $0.62, Phytotitan is bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the synergy is there. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't trend upward, so treat this as a throw-in acquisition rather than anything to stockpile.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.