Imposing Phantasm

About Imposing Phantasm

Imposing Phantasm, Combat, designed by Brian LeBlanc first released in June 2001 in the set Final Nights and was printed exactly in 2 different ways.

Imposing Phantasm is mainly suited to a Chimerstry/CHI combat or rush deck built around dealing enough damage to torporize opposing vampires: its inferior effect provides +1 strength, while the superior effect adds an extra strike, but the drawback is severe because any opposing minion that remains ready after combat is healed for all blood or life it actually lost to damage. That makes it especially poor in attrition combat, weapon combat, or decks that merely want to weaken opponents, though it can be acceptable in high-damage decks where the target is usually sent to torpor and therefore cannot receive the compensation. In most cases, better cards exist: Blur is a cleaner and generally more efficient additional-strike option for Celerity decks, while dedicated damage or strength modifiers provide more reliable value without healing the opponent. Imposing Phantasm should therefore see play only as a niche choice in a CHI combat deck capable of consistently ending combats with the opp