Phantom Nantuko
Judgment 128 • rare
- Set
- Judgment
- Collector number
- 128
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Market price
- $0.55
What it does
Trample
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature.
tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Phantom Nantuko was released in 2002 as part of the Judgment expansion, the final set in the Odyssey block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during a period of transition for the game's mechanics, this set was noted for its emphasis on graveyard interactions and complex creature abilities, fitting the Nantuko—the insectoid race native to the plane of Otaria—into a cycle of creatures that utilize +1/+1 counters as a defensive resource.
The illustration was rendered by Wayne England, a prolific artist whose work became a cornerstone of the game's visual identity during the early 2000s. England's design aimed to capture the ethereal, ghostly nature of the creature by utilizing stark lighting and spindly, insect-like anatomy to suggest that the entity exists between physical states. The design was well-received for its clear mechanical utility and thematic cohesion, representing the Nantuko as resilient forest-dwellers capable of sacrificing their own strength to evade destruction.
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