---
name: "Netherborn Phalanx"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Transmute"]
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Christopher Rush"
oracle_id: "1a6ed882-ea6c-4dc2-8614-541e4a56b43c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/netherborn-phalanx-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Netherborn Phalanx
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Transmute

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each opponent loses 1 life for each creature they control.
Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dimir Infiltrator](/printing/dimir-infiltrator-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Fleshwrither](/printing/fleshwrither-fut.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Dimir House Guard](/printing/dimir-house-guard-rvr.md) — Creature — Skeleton
4. [Brainspoil](/printing/brainspoil-rav.md) — Sorcery
5. [Nether Horror](/printing/nether-horror-m11.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Yarok's Fenlurker](/printing/yaroks-fenlurker-m20.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #99
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Christopher Rush
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`