Fleeting Image
Ninth Edition 78 • rare
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 78
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dave Dorman
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
1 generic mana blue mana: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."— Aesop, *Fables*, trans. Jacobs
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
Fleeting Image was originally printed in the Ninth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, released in July 2005. As a core set, Ninth Edition was designed to provide a foundational pool of cards for players, featuring a mix of reprints from previous expansions. The card itself, a blue creature with a phasing ability, was intended to offer a tricky, recursive utility for blue-aligned decks, reflecting the tactical, shifting nature of the color in the game's broader design philosophy at the time.
The artwork for this specific card was illustrated by Anthony S. Waters, a prolific contributor to the game during that era. Waters focused on a fluid, ethereal aesthetic to capture the 'fleeting' nature of the creature, utilizing soft lighting and misty textures to convey its temporary presence on the battlefield. Upon its release, the card was generally viewed as a niche tactical option, recognized primarily for its ability to evade board wipes rather than as a centerpiece for competitive tournament play.
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