Flicker Spell

Instant- or sorcery-speed blink effects that exile one or more creatures you control and return them to the battlefield, either immediately or at end of turn, retriggering enters-the-battlefield abilities. Includes Ephemerate, Cloudshift, Ghostly Flicker, Momentary Blink, and mass-self-blink like Ghostway and Eerie Interlude. Distinct from flicker.flicker_permanent, which is the same effect stapled to artifacts, enchantments, or creatures for repeatable use, and from the ETB-creature siblings flicker.etb_value, flicker.etb_token, flicker.etb_damage, and flicker.etb_removal, which are the targets these spells aim at rather than the spells themselves. Bounce-to-hand effects are excluded since the creature does not return to the battlefield.

Example cards

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Also known as

  • blink spell
  • flicker instant
  • blink instant
  • exile and return
  • blink effect
  • etb reuse
  • blink and return