---
name: "Phyrexian Arena"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "180"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "ee579a32-a048-4335-b966-231ba731cdea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-arena-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phyrexian Arena
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

> *A spark of resistance against a tide of corruption.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Baleful Force](/printing/baleful-force-c13.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Phyrexian Tyranny](/printing/phyrexian-tyranny-2x2.md) — Enchantment
3. [Phyrexian Rager](/printing/phyrexian-rager-dmr.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
4. [Mephitic Draught](/printing/mephitic-draught-lci.md) — Artifact
5. [Greed](/printing/greed-leg.md) — Enchantment
6. [The Keeper of Dark Pacts](/printing/the-keeper-of-dark-pacts-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #180
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 88 across all historical editions

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