---
name: "Phyrexian Ghoul"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOP"
set_name: "Planechase"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "748c2723-dc59-4aa7-9667-d4679448c8b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-ghoul-hop"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phyrexian Ghoul
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

> *Phyrexia wastes nothing. Its food chain is a spiraling cycle.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sepulcher Ghoul](/printing/sepulcher-ghoul-afr.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [A-Sepulcher Ghoul](/printing/a-sepulcher-ghoul-afr.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Gutless Ghoul](/printing/gutless-ghoul-csp.md) — Snow Creature — Zombie
4. [Hungry Ghoul](/printing/hungry-ghoul-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Nantuko Husk](/printing/nantuko-husk-cmd.md) — Creature — Zombie Insect
6. [Famished Ghoul](/printing/famished-ghoul-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planechase (HOP) #37
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 34 across all historical editions

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