Psionic Entity
Creature — Illusion
: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to itself.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30705
Psionic Entity puts a repeatable ping on the board — tap it to deal 2 damage to any target, which it then reflects back at itself for 3 — giving you a creature that trades its life for two activations before it dies. The self-damage clause is the whole cost, and in most shells that makes Psionic Entity a one-time removal tool stapled to a 4/4 body rather than a reliable engine.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Psionic Entity is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the five-mana cost and guaranteed self-destruction after a handful of activations make it hard to justify over creatures that generate value without a built-in expiration date — though blink and flicker strategies can reset the damage accumulation and squeeze more activations out of it. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient interaction, so Psionic Entity doesn't register there. Oathbreaker is the one space where a repeatable two-damage ping at instant speed could theoretically matter if your signature spell keeps protecting it, but the synergy has to be intentional.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Psionic Entity isn't currently available, which likely reflects its status as a low-demand card with minimal competitive footprint across all legal formats. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and retail figures before picking up copies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.