Returned Phalanx
Theros 104 • common
- Set
- Theros
- Collector number
- 104
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Defender
1 generic mana blue mana: This creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
They lived in different nations and fought in different eras, but as the Returned, they link arms as one.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Returned Phalanx was released in 2013 as part of the Theros expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set drew heavily from Greek mythology, focusing on the plane of Theros where gods, heroes, and monsters reside. This card specifically represents one of the Returned, the undead souls who have escaped the Underworld of Erebos, shedding their identities and memories to wear golden funerary masks as a sign of their new, hollow existence.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, who utilized a distinct, ethereal color palette to emphasize the ghostly, tragic nature of the Returned. Its design, featuring a high toughness and the ability to block creatures with flying, was intended to evoke the disciplined, stalwart nature of an ancient hoplite formation. It was received by players as a solid defensive utility creature during the Limited format of the set, praised for its thematic cohesion with the black-aligned necromancy mechanics found in the block.
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