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Magic: The Gathering

Ghostly Flicker

The List KHC-39 • common

Set
The List
Collector number
KHC-39
Rarity
Common
Mana cost
2 generic mana blue mana
Type
Instant
Colors
Blue
Artist
Raymond Swanland
Market price
$1.15
$1.15est. via TCGplayer
104,743cards tracked
8other printings of this card
Card face

What it does

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Sometimes it's useful to take a break from existence.
Formats

Where you can play it

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • PauperLegal
  • BrawlNot legal
  • HistoricNot legal
  • TimelessNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal
  • OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Ghostly Flicker was originally introduced in the 2012 expansion set Avacyn Restored. Designed by the Magic: The Gathering development team, it was intended to showcase the flickering mechanic thematic to the Innistrad plane, allowing players to blink permanents for strategic resets or re-triggering enter-the-battlefield effects. The card quickly became a staple in various constructed formats, particularly Commander and Pauper, due to its low cost and high utility in combo-oriented strategies.

The version featured in The List is a curated reprint that maintains the original illustration by Volkan Baga. Baga’s artwork captures the ethereal and fleeting nature of the spell, depicting a spirit-like transformation that perfectly complements the card's function within the game's lore. By including it in The List, Wizards of the Coast ensured that players could continue to access this mechanically significant card, reinforcing its status as an essential utility spell within the game's expansive history.

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