Blinking Spirit
Ice Age 8 • rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Allen Williams
- Market price
- $0.81
What it does
0 generic mana: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
"Don't look at it! Maybe it'll go away!"— Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Blinking Spirit was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Ice Age was notable for being the first standalone set not tied to the original core game, featuring a thematic focus on a world locked in a glacial epoch. The card was designed as a rare creature intended to provide strategic board utility, reflecting the expansion’s emphasis on tactical complexity and endurance.
The card’s ethereal aesthetic was brought to life by illustrator Allen Williams, who utilized a distinct, dreamlike visual style that departed from the traditional high-fantasy tropes of the era. Williams aimed to capture the essence of a shifting, incorporeal entity, using muted tones and fluid linework to suggest movement within the rigid structure of the game’s card frame. Upon release, the card was recognized for its unique mechanical ability to return to its owner’s hand, cementing its place as a classic piece of card design from the mid-nineties.
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