Urborg Phantom
Creature — Spirit Minion
This creature can't block.
: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30994
Urborg Phantom is a 3/1 with shadow for three mana — it gets in unblocked against most boards but trades with nothing and dies to a stiff breeze. Unless your deck specifically wants shadow creatures, there are strictly better three-drops doing more work.
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 |
Urborg Phantom is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Pauper, where shadow was briefly a relevant mechanic, faster and more efficient shadow creatures crowd it out. In Commander, a 3/1 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no scaling is invisible at a 100-card table — shadow doesn't matter when you're not trying to race a single opponent to zero.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Urborg Phantom is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is close to none. It won't appreciate; bulk commons with narrow mechanics don't move unless a new combo or commander makes shadow specifically relevant, and nothing on the horizon does that.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.