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Pharika's Spawn

{3}{B}

Creature — Gorgon

THBTheros Beyond Death#112uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 960
Illustrator
Vincent Proce
Found in
Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck Ashiok · Theros Beyond Death MTGO Redemption · 4 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Escape—{5}{B}, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.) This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it. When it enters this way, each opponent sacrifices a non-Gorgon creature of their choice.
3/4

Plays as: Sacrifice Removal · Fodder

Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.21
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+11.8%
$0.38
$0.05 low-$0.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.21· across 1 printing

Rulings

8 · latest Jan 24, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    As the triggered ability resolves, first the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's an opponent's turn, the opponent whose turn it is) chooses a creature they control, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, knowing the choices made before them. Then all the chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.

  • WotCJan 24, 2020

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.