Phthisis
Commander 2013 85 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 85
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses life equal to its power plus its toughness.
Suspend 5—1 generic mana black mana (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 1 generic mana black mana and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Phthisis was originally printed in the 2006 Time Spiral expansion and was subsequently reprinted with new artwork by Carl Critchlow for the Commander 2013 product. This set was designed to expand the popular Commander format, providing players with preconstructed decks built around specific legendary creatures. The card itself represents a mechanical nod to the flavor of the Time Spiral block, which heavily utilized mechanics from Magic's history to evoke themes of temporal collapse and decay.
Carl Critchlow, a long-time contributor to the game, illustrated this version of the card with his signature dark, textural style. His interpretation captures the grotesque nature of the sorcery's effect, which forces a player to sacrifice a creature and lose life proportional to its power. While the card is a functional removal tool within the Commander format, it is largely considered a niche inclusion that rewards players for managing the power levels of their own and their opponents' creatures.
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