Hypothetical: Creating an Ethereal Phase Blade (Rare) using Charsi's Imbue

I just wanted to throw out an idea, due to the cube recipes of upgrading rares from normal/exceptional to elite, it would therefore be theoretically possible to create a

Eth

Phase Blade (it doesn't spawn ethereal) from an

Eth

Crystal Sword or

Eth

Dimensional Blade that imbue was used on, since blank White items that are ethereal stay ethereal after the imbue https://www.mtmmo.com/news/570--diablo- ... -at-charsi

Has anyone tried this? Other than imbuing diadems, I really can't find any other good uses for the imbue quest reward, and if I roll a nice

Eth rare

Phase Blade, I'll probably make another horker barb or something.

Yes, you can do it, the

Phase Blade will be ethereal and indestructible (missing the durability "stat").

Now if you could turn that random crappy rare back into a normal socketed phase..then you'd be on to something!