Screaming Phantom
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #20956
Screaming Phantom is a 3/2 flyer for four mana with a punishing downside: whenever it blocks or becomes blocked, you discard a card. That cost is real enough to keep it off most lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Screaming Phantom is legal across every major format, but that doesn't translate to relevance in any of them. In Commander, a 3/2 flyer for four mana is well below the baseline — you need your four-drops doing substantially more than swinging in the air, and the forced discard on blocks actively punishes you for engaging in combat. In competitive formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, it doesn't come close to the rate those formats demand. Pauper is the one format where commons occasionally punch above their weight class, but even there, better flying options exist at the same cost without the liability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Screaming Phantom sits firmly in bulk territory. There's no pressure to acquire it and no reason to expect the price to move — bulk rares with niche appeal can hold a floor, but Screaming Phantom doesn't have the Commander demand or competitive play to support even that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.