First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)
All 2 prints
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- The List (PLST) #NPH-45, 2020 Pete Venters
- New Phyrexia (NPH) #45, 2011 Pete Venters
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Thopter
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Flying
"I appreciate the depravity of noble designs turned to devious ends."
—Tezzeret
2/1
Played in 0.1% of Penny Dreadful decks: 1 of 763.
- Illustrated by
- Pete Venters
- Watermark
- Phyrexian
Spined Thopter legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (5)
- Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
- As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
- If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
- A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
- To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
Prices
Paper price: €0.17 / $0.16 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).
