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Phage the Untouchable
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Phage the Untouchable

{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Avatar Minion

When Phage enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, you lose the game.

Whenever Phage deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Whenever Phage deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.

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Set
Tenth Edition (10E #166)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
7
Released
2007-07-13
Artist
Ron Spears
EDHREC rank
#7,463
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In 4 two-card combos

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.83
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Removal

Combos 13

Phage the Untouchable+Endless Whispers
{B}
Target opponent loses the game
3,416 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Phage the Untouchable+Fractured Identity
{W}{U}{B}
Each opponent loses the game
1,509 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Echocasting Symposium+Phage the Untouchable
{U}{B}
Target player loses the game on each of your turns
148 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Platinum Angel
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
46 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Silverquill Lecturer+Phage the Untouchable
{W}{B}
Target player loses the gameWin the game
33 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Phage the Untouchable+Hive Mind+Theoretical Duplication
{U}{B}
Each opponent loses the game
31 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Torpor Orb
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
25 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One+Phage the Untouchable+Phantom Steed
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
11 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Angel's Grace
{W}{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
8 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Hushbringer
{W}{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Gideon of the Trials
{W}{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Hushwing Gryff
{W}{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
2 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Satoru Umezawa+Phage the Untouchable+Tocatli Honor Guard
{W}{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 13 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Netherborn Altar 90 %+88.4 %
  2. Torpor Orb 87 %+85.9 %
  3. Command Beacon 92 %+83.8 %
  4. Campfire 84 %+83.2 %
  5. Platinum Angel 84 %+82.3 %
  6. Endless Whispers 75 %+74.3 %
  7. Sundial of the Infinite 73 %+72.7 %
  8. Whispersilk Cloak 73 %+66.7 %
  9. Rogue's Passage 83 %+63.1 %
  10. Stunning Reversal 55 %+53.9 %
  11. Nirkana Revenant 61 %+50.9 %
  12. Magus of the Coffers 55 %+48.6 %
  13. Withering Boon 51 %+47.0 %
  14. Dauthi Embrace 48 %+46.6 %
  15. Trailblazer's Boots 48 %+45.9 %
  16. Lich's Mastery 46 %+44.7 %
  17. Shizo, Death's Storehouse 54 %+43.4 %
  18. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 62 %+42.6 %
  19. Key to the City 44 %+42.5 %
  20. Filth 44 %+41.2 %
  21. Dread Presence 54 %+41.2 %
  22. Swiftfoot Boots 69 %+37.7 %
  23. Stinging Study 40 %+37.4 %
  24. Lightning Greaves 71 %+36.9 %
  25. Phyrexian Reclamation 45 %+35.4 %
  26. Crypt Ghast 82 %+34.7 %
  27. The Golden Throne 36 %+34.7 %
  28. Phyrexian Obliterator 45 %+33.4 %
  29. Expedition Map 44 %+33.2 %
  30. Bubbling Muck 48 %+32.5 %
  31. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire 37 %+32.2 %
  32. Brotherhood Regalia 34 %+30.8 %
  33. Liliana of the Dark Realms 44 %+30.6 %
  34. No Mercy 38 %+30.3 %
  35. The Black Gate 33 %+29.5 %
  36. Thrull Wizard 30 %+29.3 %
  37. Sudden Spoiling 37 %+29.1 %
  38. Burnished Hart 36 %+29.0 %
  39. Imp's Mischief 52 %+26.6 %
  40. Darkness 37 %+26.5 %
  41. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 64 %+26.4 %
  42. Avatar of Woe 27 %+25.5 %
  43. Damnation 45 %+25.4 %
  44. Phyrexian Arena 64 %+25.1 %
  45. Silent Arbiter 27 %+25.0 %
  46. Diabolic Tutor 38 %+24.8 %
  47. Solemn Simulacrum 45 %+24.5 %
  48. Read the Bones 40 %+24.4 %
  49. Leaden Myr 30 %+24.0 %
  50. Mutilate 39 %+23.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Command Beacon 92 %+83.8 %
  2. Swamp 91 %-4.1 %
  3. Netherborn Altar 90 %+88.4 %
  4. Sol Ring 88 %+2.4 %
  5. Torpor Orb 87 %+85.9 %
  6. Campfire 84 %+83.2 %
  7. Platinum Angel 84 %+82.3 %
  8. Rogue's Passage 83 %+63.1 %
  9. Crypt Ghast 82 %+34.7 %
  10. Dark Ritual 79 %+11.5 %
  11. Cabal Coffers 77 %+22.7 %
  12. Jet Medallion 75 %+13.2 %
  13. Endless Whispers 75 %+74.3 %
  14. Sundial of the Infinite 73 %+72.7 %
  15. Whispersilk Cloak 73 %+66.7 %
  16. Lightning Greaves 71 %+36.9 %
  17. Swiftfoot Boots 69 %+37.7 %
  18. Phyrexian Arena 64 %+25.1 %
  19. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 64 %+26.4 %
  20. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 63 %+13.3 %
  21. Arcane Signet 63 %+1.9 %
  22. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 62 %+42.6 %
  23. Nirkana Revenant 61 %+50.9 %
  24. Sign in Blood 58 %+23.4 %
  25. Magus of the Coffers 55 %+48.6 %
  26. Stunning Reversal 55 %+53.9 %
  27. Dread Presence 54 %+41.2 %
  28. Feed the Swarm 54 %+3.6 %
  29. Shizo, Death's Storehouse 54 %+43.4 %
  30. Imp's Mischief 52 %+26.6 %
  31. Withering Boon 51 %+47.0 %
  32. Bojuka Bog 51 %+3.7 %
  33. Dauthi Embrace 48 %+46.6 %
  34. Trailblazer's Boots 48 %+45.9 %
  35. Bubbling Muck 48 %+32.5 %
  36. Demonic Tutor 48 %+20.8 %
  37. Cabal Stronghold 48 %+13.8 %
  38. Night's Whisper 47 %+22.1 %
  39. Lich's Mastery 46 %+44.7 %
  40. Toxic Deluge 46 %+9.1 %
  41. Damnation 45 %+25.4 %
  42. Solemn Simulacrum 45 %+24.5 %
  43. Defile 45 %+9.9 %
  44. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 45 %+15.4 %
  45. Phyrexian Reclamation 45 %+35.4 %
  46. Phyrexian Obliterator 45 %+33.4 %
  47. Key to the City 44 %+42.5 %
  48. Expedition Map 44 %+33.2 %
  49. Liliana of the Dark Realms 44 %+30.6 %
  50. Filth 44 %+41.2 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2004-10-04

    It is only considered "cast from your hand" if you cast it as a spell from your hand. Putting it onto the battlefield from your hand using a spell or ability will cause you to lose the game.

  • 2013-07-01

    In a Commander game where this card is your commander, casting it from the Command zone does not count as casting it from your hand.

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