Flickering Spirit
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Time SpiralTSP · #17
- Card type
- Creature — Spirit
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.30 € · 0.10 $ · ★ 0.29 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Flying : Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2006-10-06
Flavour text
It disappears each time with the hope that it will not return to the same desolation it left behind.
Rulings
If Flickering Spirit's ability is activated, any "as this enters" choices for it are made by its owner, not its previous controller.
When the ability resolves, Flickering Spirit is exiled, then immediately returned to the battlefield. It returns as a "new" creature. Any counters, Auras, and so on are removed. Any spells or abilities targeting Flickering Spirit no longer target it.
If a token copy of Flickering Spirit uses its activated ability, the token will not return to the battlefield, because of the rule that says tokens that leave the battlefield can't return.