Card
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Mana cost {1}{W}
Flash Whenever Phelia attacks, exile up to one other target nonland permanent. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it entered under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Phelia.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 7 known combos. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · MH3 · #40
- Cheapest printing
- €6.22
- EDHREC salt
- 0.47
- Color identity
- White
- Keywords
- Flash
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
7 known combos.
- Timestream Navigator + Recruiter of the Guard + Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Wormfang Manta + Hushbringer + Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Wormfang Manta + Torpor Orb + Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
If the permanent that returns to the battlefield has any abilities that trigger at the beginning of the end step, those abilities won't trigger that turn. - 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
Phelia is a good dog. - 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled permanent will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist. Once the exiled permanent returns, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. - 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield. - 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
The exiled card will return to the battlefield at the beginning of the end step even if Phelia is no longer on the battlefield.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast