Magic: The Gathering Arena's Alchemy format is divisive among the player base, but if nothing else it serves as a playground for showcasing clever 'digital-only' designs
In either case, it is an artifact creature with menace, lifelink, and a unique ward cost that charges the opponent life equal to its power
Kobolds exist as a cult-favorite creature type in Magic already, and in D&D history, they often play the role of minions to full-blooded Dragons
The effect, later on keyworded as 'Cumulative Upkeep', forces the caster to pay a certain cost every turn to maintain the Phantasmal Forces in the battlefield or else it's destroyed
PrintMTG, for example, sells individual Elden Ring-themed cards as singles so you can grab only the cards you want
There are no high-value reprints this time round