Cloudshift
Avacyn Restored 12 • common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Collector number
- 12
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Market price
- $1.13
What it does
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn."— Elder Rimheit
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cloudshift was first released in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering set Avacyn Restored. Designed as a common white instant, the card embodies the set's thematic focus on the return of the archangel Avacyn and the transformation of the plane of Innistrad. The mechanic, which allows a player to blink a creature by exiling it and returning it to the battlefield, was intended to represent the ethereal protection and shifting presence of Avacyn's influence on the faithful.
The artwork was illustrated by Volkan Baga, who utilized a ethereal, high-fantasy aesthetic to capture the sudden displacement of a knight in mid-battle. The design was received positively by the player base for its versatility, serving as a tactical tool to reset enter-the-battlefield abilities or protect key assets from targeted removal. It has since become a staple card in various eternal formats and remains a representative example of the flicker mechanic's efficiency in white-aligned decks.
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