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Phantasmal Image

Display: Oracle | Printed

Card Name:

Phantasmal Image

Mana Cost:

Converted Mana Cost:

Types:

Creature — Illusion

Card Text:

You may have Phantasmal Image enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it gains "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

P/T:

0 / 0

Expansion:

Magic 2012

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

Artist:

Nils Hamm

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.332 / 5 (110 votes)

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9/22/2011	Phantasmal Image's ability doesn't target the chosen creature.
9/22/2011	Phantasmal Image copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing more (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). 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.
9/22/2011	If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost (such as Primordial Hydra), X is considered to be zero.
9/22/2011	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.
9/22/2011	If the chosen creature is a token, Phantasmal Image copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield. Phantasmal Image is not a token.
9/22/2011	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.
9/22/2011	If 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 only choose a creature that's already on the battlefield.
9/22/2011	You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield as a 0/0 Illusion creature, and is probably put into the graveyard immediately. It doesn't have the ability "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."