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Phalanx Tactics

First printed in Theros Beyond Death (2020)

All 3 prints

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Phalanx Tactics

Instant

Target creature you control gets +2/+1 until end of turn. Each other creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Every soldier has a place to stand and a role to play.

Illustrated by
Bayard Wu

Legality

Ruling (1)

  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Phalanx Tactics tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. No creatures get +1/+1.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 2 Nov 2026).

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Phalanx Tactics in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Pioneer Masters (PIO), Premier Draft 53.7% -1.7 -3.0 7043
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen