White Orchid Phantom
Creature — Spirit Knight
Flying, first strike
When this creature enters, destroy up to one target nonbasic land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #7168
White Orchid Phantom enters the battlefield and fetches a basic Plains to hand — taxing an opponent's land drop in the process, so the ramp comes with real friction attached. The three-mana 2/1 body is forgettable, but any deck that cares about entering-the-battlefield triggers or recurring Spirits will find Quintorius, History Chaser turning that land grab into a damage ping on top.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers whenever a spell or permanent you control leaves the graveyard, and White Orchid Phantom's ETB puts a Plains from the graveyard into your hand — that single trigger pings every opponent and grows Quintorius, making this one of the cleanest two-card value loops in the archetype.
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant rewards you for playing Dragons and creatures with enters-the-battlefield effects, and White Orchid Phantom checks both boxes — a Spirit that taxes opponent land drops while fueling Dion's cascade into larger threats.
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd blinks creatures at end of combat, which means White Orchid Phantom can reset its ETB every turn cycle — fetching a Plains each loop while the opponent loses a land drop each time.
King of the Oathbreakers
King of the Oathbreakers cares about Spirits entering and leaving the battlefield, and White Orchid Phantom is a repeatable land-tax trigger waiting to be blinked or reanimated inside that shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where White Orchid Phantom earns its slot — the multiplayer environment makes the land-tax clause genuinely punishing, and blink or graveyard recursion lets you replay the ETB repeatedly. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; three mana for a 2/1 that fetches a basic is miles below the power threshold those formats demand. Modern is the same story — the effect is too slow and too fragile to compete. White Orchid Phantom is a Commander card through and through, with occasional upside in Oathbreaker shells that support a Spirit or blink subtheme.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, White Orchid Phantom sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up without a second thought. That price is unlikely to move much given the card's narrow Commander niche, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec target.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Quintorius, History Chaser
- Dion, Bahamut's Dominant
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- King of the Oathbreakers
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.