Phantasmal Fiend

Often played with Phantasmal Fiend

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Storm Elemental
• Storm Shaman
• Foul Familiar
• Balduvian Dead
• Krovikan Elementalist
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• Orcish Cannoneers
• Phantasmal Mount
• Essence Flare
• Phyrexian War Beast

Rulings

• 2005-11-01: Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed.
• 2008-10-01: Effects that switch power and toughness are always applied last when determining a creature's power and toughness, even if other power/toughness-changing effects are created later in the turn. For example, if you activate Phantasmal Fiend's first ability, it will become 2/4. Then if you activate its second ability, it will become 4/2. Then if you activate its first ability again, it will become 3/3.
• 2021-03-19: Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature may become lethal if you switch its power and toughness during that turn.
• 2021-03-19: Effects that switch a creature's power and toughness apply after all other effects, regardless of when those effects began to apply. For instance, if you target a 1/2 creature then give it +2/+0 later in the turn, it's a 2/3 creature, not a 4/1 creature.
• 2021-03-19: Switching a creature's power and toughness twice (or any even number of times) effectively returns the creature to the power and toughness it had before any switches.