Thoughtbound Phantasm

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Thoughtbound Phantasm: Creature - Spirit, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{U}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Spirit
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
122
Artist
Johann Bodin
Commander rank
17,078 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Defender

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About Thoughtbound Phantasm

Thoughtbound Phantasm is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 122 in that set, with art by Johann Bodin. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Defender

Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

As long as this creature has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Thoughtbound Phantasm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Thoughtbound Phantasm

Thoughtbound Phantasm has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #55Uncommon2018

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Thoughtbound Phantasm, newest first.

  • An ability that triggers "whenever you surveil" triggers after you're done surveilling, even if you have fewer cards in your library than the number of cards you're instructed to surveil. It even triggers if you have no cards in your library.
  • You put only one +1/+1 counter on Thoughtbound Phantasm each time you surveil, no matter how many cards you looked at when you surveilled.
  • Once Thoughtbound Phantasm has attacked, removing +1/+1 counters from it won't remove it from combat.

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