Phantoms do great with Crusade like effects, even when there are no more counters, you can still prevent damage.
Posted By:
mrredhatter
(10/2/2009 5:52:48 AM)
The original Persist card?
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(4/10/2010 2:16:41 AM)
@achilleselbow: More like a bear that turns blocked/blocking creatures into 1/1s with wither.
Posted By:
Test-Subject_217601
(7/26/2010 5:51:50 PM)
wow, i GOT to exploit phantoms!
Posted By:
DespisedIcon
(8/9/2010 11:53:08 PM)
I can'tbelieve this card is so underrated! In a deck with Crusade it becomes a pain in the "shahrazad" to remove from the game as it becomes damage-proof and thus a decent blocker for CMC2
Of course, it falls to removal and similar stuff as does 90% of the creatures out there, however no one will bother to use a removal tool in an apparently innofensive card like this.
Despite all of this, this card is definitly worth a 4 out of 5 IMO
Posted By:
shaarlander
(11/16/2010 4:47:29 PM)
The typical 1W 2/2 baseline creature with a twist - that can be exploited.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(1/13/2011 5:48:44 PM)
Put an aura with Totem Armor on this, and your opponent with be seething.
I like Drake Umbra for such purposes...
Posted By:
Entropic_Acolyte
(4/11/2011 7:45:43 PM)
You know, these guys are pretty fun with proliferate.
Posted By:
BegleOne
(6/3/2011 12:59:30 PM)
Contagion Engine
Posted By:
Palutena
(7/16/2011 8:45:21 AM)
First time I looked at this, I thought: wow. This is an awful AWFUL card. it takes all damage as wither. I liked Darksteel Myr at the time because it seemed like such a great chump-blocker, just crouching there meekly refusing to let baddies through. Really, the Phantom ought to look down on that shy little myr condescendlingly and tell it: "You are too reserved. You block tramplers like you're getting buried by a wave. Let me tell you how I block in earnest. I don't take damage as though it has wither, as some may think. I give a little bit of myself each time I block to stop ALL of the damage, even trample". Darksteel myr, of course, will never grow more bold than it is now, and so we must look to the Phantom to block tramplers
Posted By:
MushroomZach
(8/5/2012 4:41:04 PM)