Blinking Spirit
Fifth Edition 12 • rare
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Collector number
- 12
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Allen Williams
- Market price
- $0.38
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
Blinking Spirit debuted in the 1994 Antiquities expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed as a unique utility creature that embodied the set's thematic focus on ancient artifacts and clockwork mechanisms. The card was eventually reprinted in 1997 for the Fifth Edition core set, which served as a comprehensive consolidation of cards from previous expansions, aimed at standardizing the game's rules and card aesthetics for a rapidly expanding player base.
The card's iconic illustration was rendered by Dan Frazier, whose distinctively fluid and atmospheric style helped define the visual identity of early Magic sets. The artwork depicts a ghostly, ethereal construct, reflecting the creature's gameplay mechanic of returning to its owner's hand. Within the context of the mid-1990s competitive meta, the card was respected for its defensive resilience, providing players with a recurring threat that was notoriously difficult for opponents to remove permanently.
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