![]() Oddly enough, it was a green card that convinced me to go all-in on the Phantoms, and that card was Cyclone. Here we come to the reason I moved into white for this deck. And the best way to do that would be a commander with an anthem ability. So, if I could get their toughness up to even a base value of one, I can score a damage-free army. From a careful reading, it's clear that these creatures don't require a +1/+1 counter be removed in order to prevent the damage. Now that I have my all-star spirits laid out, I should get into how we're going to abuse the Phantom ability. Given the latter's 2/2 body and Landfall trigger, I've included it in the deck. Case in point, War of the Spark's Ugin's Conjurant and Battle for Zendikar's Undergrowth Champion both have a nerfed version of this ability. And WotC must be aware of the powerful nature of this ability, as it's been fixed on more recently-printed cards. Given some of the ways we're looking to abuse the Phantom ability, this will come in handy. From Dissension, Sprouting Phytohydra doesn't have the prevention clause, but does replicate when dealt damage. Sekki, Seasons' Guide deals in damage prevention and +1/+1 counters, but provides token production as well. PHANTASMIC PULSE SERIESThere's also a handful of other creatures not from the Phantom series that fit into the same strategy. This is an ability ripe for abuse, and I'm shocked these cards don't see more play in Commander. However, this build is going to focus on their damage prevention ability, making them the foundation of the deck's creature base. ![]() Normally, these creatures would be fairly vanilla in an EDH deck. Less powerful than the two Phantoms already mentioned, this deck can still make good use of Phantom Flock (112 decks), Phantom Tiger (97 decks), Phantom Centaur (129 decks), Phantom Nomad (50 decks), and Phantom Wurm (67 decks). Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature." Phantom Nishoba and Phantom Nantuko have both appeared in separate Commander products, but there are five other creatures in the series, along with a handful of creatures with similar abilities that are worth a look. This series of creatures have zero toughness, but all enter with a number of +1/+1 counters and have the ability "If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. I'll start with the heart of the deck: cards in the Phantom series from Judgment. ![]()
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