Card

Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury

Mana cost {1}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Elder Giant 6/6

When Phlage enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped. Whenever Phlage enters or attacks, it deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life. Escape—{R}{R}{W}{W}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 30 known combos. 9 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · MH3 · #197
Cheapest printing
€4.97
EDHREC salt
0.47
Color identity
Red, White
Keywords
Escape

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

30 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    Phlage's first ability causes you to sacrifice it if you didn't cast it, or if it was cast using any permission other than an escape ability.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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. It can escape again.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    Phlage's second ability triggers when it enters the battlefield, even if it didn't escape.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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