Phyrexian Arena
Phyrexian Arena is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Apocalypse printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€12.42) · TCGplayer ($19.91) · Scryfall
How often Phyrexian Arena is played
Phyrexian Arena is maindecked in 4 of 77 tournament decks in this archive (5%), averaging 2.0 copies; used by 2 of 21 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 45 decks that can cast black cards, 4 of them play it (9%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Phyrexian Arena
- Mono Black (1x)
- Deadguy Ale: The card advantage that decides long games. Against control it is usually correct to land Arena before committing another threat: a lone Specter just trades with removal, while Arena forces them to beat an extra card every turn.
Tournament decks with Phyrexian Arena
- Basic Mono Black: 4th Place at Andre's League 10 Tappa (3× mainboard)
- BR Carnophage Ponza: 3rd Place at Torneo @ Comix Café (1× mainboard)
- Deadguy Angels: 1st Place at Lega Premodern La Contea (2× mainboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (2× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Phyrexian Arena
- Great Combo (1×)
