First printed in Magic 2012 (2011)
All 5 prints
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2306, 2025
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Special Guests (SPG) #67, 2024
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Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #89, 2021
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Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #46, 2017
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Magic 2012 (M12) #72, 2011
Phantasmal Image 
Creature — Illusion
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
In the last 30 days 10.8% of Commander decks played it (664 of 6150). Most played in Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), Premier Draft | 57.5% | +3.0 | +5.5 | 1692 |
- 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
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 10% of decks (#199)
Blue, Creatures
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
128 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Palinchron + Phantasmal Image
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Gyruda, Doom of Depths + Mortuary + Phantasmal Image
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Phantasmal Image + Princess Yue + Wormfang Newt
- Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB…: Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore + Phantasmal Image + Radiant Solar + Sefris of the Hidden Ways
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Phantasmal Image + Princess Yue + Wormfang Turtle
- Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB…: Phantasmal Image + Radiant Solar + Sefris of the Hidden Ways + Spark Double
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Animate Dead + Lion's Eye Diamond + Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Phantasmal Image
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Astral Dragon + Phantasmal Image + Princess Yue
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Karmic Guide + Phantasmal Image
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Cavalier of Night + Phantasmal Image
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
