Phantasmal Fiend

Alliances (ALL) #57b · Common · Creature — Illusion

Mana cost: {3}{B}

{B}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
{1}{U}: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Power/toughness 1/5 · Illustrated by Scott Kirschner · Released June 10, 1996

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Nonfoil price since August 9, 2026: down $0.03 USD (25.0%) to $0.09 USD; low $0.09 USD, high $0.12 USD.

2005-11-01 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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.