Magic: The Gathering

Ghostly Possession

Innistrad 18 • common

Set: Innistrad
Collector number: 18
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 2 generic mana white mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: White
Artist: Howard Lyon
Market price: $0.16

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What it's worth

$0.16market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$0.11 – $0.17 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

Ghostly Possession allows a player to enchant a creature, effectively neutralizing it by preventing it from attacking or blocking. As a card from the Innistrad set, it highlights the gothic atmosphere of the source material by manifesting the theme of lingering spirits haunting the living.

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Card face

What it does

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying.

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.

Formats

Where you can play it

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

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Provenance

Where it came from

Ghostly Possession was released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion, a set themed around gothic horror and classic monster tropes. The card was designed to mechanicaly represent the flavor of a spirit haunting or controlling a creature, fitting into the set's white-mana focus on aura enchantments that provide defensive or restrictive utility during combat.

The card features art by Aleksi Briclot, a prolific fantasy illustrator known for his atmospheric contributions to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. Briclot utilized a muted, ethereal color palette to emphasize the ghostly, incorporeal nature of the subject matter, capturing the eerie aesthetic that defined the Innistrad block's distinct visual identity.

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Other printings

Every version of this card

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Ghostly PossessionConspiracy: Take the Crown · #85 · common · 2016$0.06

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About

About Ghostly Possession

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