Phantasmal Image Price
5 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2011
Phantasmal Image has been printed 5 times across 5 sets, first in 2011 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Modern Masters 2017 #46 at $4.70, while the most expensive is Special Guests #67 at $8.62. The median across 5 priced printings is $5.56. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like Forgotten Realms Commander, Modern Masters 2017.
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Every Phantasmal Image Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Masters 2017 #46 (R) Cheapest | 2017 | $4.70 | $3.50 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander #89 (R) | 2021 | $5.35 | $2.80 |
| Magic 2012 #72 (R) | 2011 | $5.56 | $3.80 |
| Secret Lair Drop #2306 (R) | 2025 | $7.39 | $6.40 foil |
| Special Guests #67 (M) | 2024 | $8.62 | $8.00 |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
7 PrecedentsIf Phantasmal Image somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Phantasmal Image can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Phantasmal Image), then Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature copied.
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[this creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
Phantasmal Image copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below) and it gains the Illusion creature type and the triggered ability. It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
If the chosen creature is a token, Phantasmal Image copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token. Phantasmal Image is not a token in this case.
The Illusion creature type and the triggered ability that Phantasmal Image gains as part of its copy effect are both copiable values that other effects may copy.
If the chosen creature has 
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.