Failed MtG Mechanics - Phasing 

Bonus item to add: When phasing was originally printed, the rule specified that phasing would trigger leaves-play effects but not enters-play effects. This brought the world the ErTog deck, which used Ertai's Familiar to generate food for Necratog.

A reminder that Oubliette had been errata'd to be a card that banishes by phasing. Rather unnoteworthy, but still a viable card nonetheless.

You also forgot to mention Oubliette from Arabian Nights, the FIRST phasing card (even though they didn't have a word for it yet back then, but they do now)

Rainbow Efreet was played in standard and old extended.

The Blue Enchantment that phases your creature out for UU also happens to be completely, nerve-wrackingly aggravating in a Narset Enlightened Master Auras deck, and turns each and every "No I won't pay the 2" on a Smothering Tithe into a betrayal.

Phasing also saves tokens in a way that flicker cannot.

Phasing on a permanent is trash. Phasing as an effect is good. I built a "Phasing" deck back in 2000. It was amazing, and was amazing until mana burn was removed. It used equipoise, Teferi's realm to disrupt normal game play long enough to get sands of time (stops phasing by skipping untap steps) and using Chimeric idol to ensure my lands were tapped each turn cycle. And to ensure victory I would use vision Charm to phase my sands of time at the end of opponents turn allowing me to phase everything in and still keeping everything of the opponents phased out.

In defense of Taniwha, it found a good home as one of the best creatures you can put in a Jon Irenicus deck.

Phase out cards are my favorite (Slip out the back, March of Swirling Mist, Vanish, Teferi's Veil) 💙✨

As a Dodge mechanic, phasing is really easy to use, and it was even very early on. I actually didn't know about dreadnoughts with phasing. But a friend of mine played sneak attack with Teferie's Vail. He played his dragons with sneak attack from the hand, attacked directly by the haste of the sneak attack, and in the "end of combat" they phased out from Teferie's Vail. Phased out they dodge the "end of turn" trigger of the sneak attack, since they did not had vigilance, they would not be able to block anyway, and they and they were even protected from sorcery speed removal. That was really a strong combo synergie.

early for new mana logs woo keep up the great work man

in Casual multiplayer commander (not in cEDH evidently) the SILENT (renegade Silenbt) is a GREAT example of phasing. Cuz they goad the opponent, get a +1/+1 and phase out. So the opponent hits somebody else with the goaded creature. Wchich damages an opponent and/or makes the target lose a character possibly to thge goated status if it wasn't a warrior type

One thing that wasn't mentioned was how the rules for phasing changed over the years. For example, it used to trigger "leaves play" abilities, but not "comes into play" ones. Phasing only got put on modern cards once the rules had been hammered out and stopped changing every couple of years.

You forgot rainbow efreet. Best legacy wincon ever for a solid blue control deck. People would have to stop to read it, then still not really get it.

So, initially, phasing was kind like an even worse version of Spirit monsters bouncing themselves to hand during the End Phase. Idris Elba's Protection is kind of nutty, just remove your whole board for the turn, you can't die, and you bring all your stuff back.

Blue March shows the versatility potential of Phasing as an offensive and defensive measure. I wish we had more cards like that

thanks this is interesting see this worked in day!

Usually the phase out card of choice for dreadnought was vision charm. It costed just U so it mimics stifle, but also serves as protection in case of a removal spell for dreadnought. Would see legacy play back before 2010 now and then as that was when dreadstill was at the height of it's popularity before falling to the wayside. Even in those days it wasn't particularly good as a deck either though some people really liked playing it.

Amazing!!!!

My theory is that they brought back phasing because it is easier to learn the mechanic now that MTG Arena exists.

Rainbow Efreet. Still playable imo

The thing about Fenetic efreet is that it will never die, because you can just flip a coin in response to a lost flip until you win, the won trigger will resolve first, phasing the efreet out before it can be sacrificed

"Phasing has never come back" *Teferi's Protection:* "Am I a joke to you?"

Phasing in and out like an absent parent from their childs life.

While the keyword "phasing" was not good at all, the actual mechanic of creatures not existing has seen tournament success. Rainbow efreet saw standard play as an evasive attacker for a mono-blue control deck, and oubliette was once an iconic(ly expensive) card in pauper.

slow flicker bugged me so much, i'm so used to say blink if it just happens and flicker if it comes back at eot

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another bizarre difference between phasing and slow flickering is that the latter can be interacted with using eldrazi processors

I think Phasing may have been... better if every Phasing creature also had haste. As it is, they effectively act like they suffer two turns of summoning sickness. I'm really tempted to playtest that and see if the creatures are better that way...

Hay, could you talk about the _"Craft with"_ mechanic? most of the craft cards are way to slow or just useless but a hand full seem like they could be borderline broken and yet I've never seen them in play, Is the mechanic just too slow to work?

What about best/worst 3 or 4 color comanders?

How did u not mention Vanishing? It is the only card to make things phase out from back then that still sees a bunch of play in EDH, especially as a staple for Zur the Enchanter decks

When Mirage block was standard legal, very few phasing cards saw standard play. Tereri's Imp and Ertai's Familiar saw a little bit of play in graveyard fueled decks with Necratog and Circling Vultures. Shimmering Efreet wasn't horrible, as it could remove a blocker(but then you also lost an attacker, and your own blocker, so it was kind of a wash). Video completely misses Rainbow Efreet, which was Randy Bubleher's only creature in his 98 World's deck. Largely, phasing creatures were, for the reasons mentioned in this video. I think Vaporous Djinn MIGHT have been playable but was probably outclassed by Waterspout Djinn

In Maori, "wh" is pronounced as an "F". This it is pronounced as Tanifa.

Can you please do a failed mechanics video on Bushido?

Something I’m curious about is how viable is a creature that phases out instead of leaving the battlefield?

Ephemerate is a blink effect, not a flicker effect

Phasing isn't hard to understand at all. The card just ceases to exist. No leaving, no entering, no memory issues. That makes the minutia much easier to understand than a flicker.

Wither deserves a video.

They literally brought it back as a new name

So how does phasing fail?

So theoretically, the most annoying creature would have hexproof, indestructible, and an activated ability that phases it out. Scary thought 😅

3:38, if you give this monster to another player it's kind of hilarious!

I beat someone with a meandering towershell one day. It was a miracle.

you forgot oubliette D:

/fren et tik/

You say failed I say untapped potential

Here to say Taniwha is pronounced tani-far. Its a mythical creature from Maori legend, so a wha makes a far sound.

Commentators literally cannont listen/ read. Phasing as an ability doesn't appear again. Phase out creatures/ target/ wheatever like teferis protection, march of swirling mist or guardian of faith exist. But not a creature with the keyword phasing..

14:35 it doesn't "force" anyone to learn a new rule; they should already be familiar with it and understand it when they are taught the game. Blame the teacher of the student, but inherently, they are not forced to learn it, they should have already learned it themselves (or now will learn it when they experience it for the first time and will re-educate themselves later to be more familiar with it)

So what your saying is Phasing was... phased out of the game

Why do you pronounce things wrong so frequently???

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