---
name: "Vodalian Illusionist"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "58"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "ac935639-ba30-4b04-86f6-363527e85a8b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vodalian-illusionist-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Vodalian Illusionist
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{U}{U}, {T}: Target creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ertai's Familiar](/printing/ertais-familiar-wth.md) — Creature — Illusion
2. [Reality Ripple](/printing/reality-ripple-mir.md) — Instant
3. [Vanishing](/printing/vanishing-vis.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Teferi, Timeless Voyager](/printing/teferi-timeless-voyager-m21.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi
5. [Slip Out the Back](/printing/slip-out-the-back-snc.md) — Instant
6. [Oubliette](/printing/oubliette-arn.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #58
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Matson
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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