---
name: "Phage the Untouchable"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Avatar Minion"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LGN"
set_name: "Legions"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "09d01406-b529-4c3b-900e-d8c889a4c400"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phage-the-untouchable-lgn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phage the Untouchable
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Avatar Minion

## Oracle Text
When Phage enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, you lose the game.
Whenever Phage deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.
Whenever Phage deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vengeful Pharaoh](/printing/vengeful-pharaoh-m12.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Plague Fiend](/printing/plague-fiend-pcy.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Leyline Phantom](/printing/leyline-phantom-ddm.md) — Creature — Illusion
4. [Phyrexian Unlife](/printing/phyrexian-unlife-nph.md) — Enchantment
5. [Pharika, God of Affliction](/printing/pharika-god-of-affliction-jou.md) — Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
6. [Phyrexian Juggernaut](/printing/phyrexian-juggernaut-td2.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Juggernaut

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legions (LGN) #78
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **Total Printings:** 4 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* It is only considered "cast from your hand" if you cast it as a spell from your hand. Putting it onto the battlefield from your hand using a spell or ability will cause you to lose the game.
- *(2013-07-01)* In a Commander game where this card is your commander, casting it from the Command zone does not count as casting it from your hand.