Flickering Spirit
Creature — Spirit
TSPTime Spiral#17common
It disappears each time with the hope that it will not return to the same desolation it left behind.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1253
- Illustrator
- Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- Found in
- Time Spiral MTGO Redemption Foil · Time Spiral MTGO Redemption · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Flying
: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
2/2: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.Flying
Plays as:
Flicker Permanent
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Rulings
3 · latest Feb 1, 2007
- WotCFeb 1, 2007
If a token copy of Flickering Spirit uses its activated ability, the token will not return to the battlefield, because of the rule that says tokens that leave the battlefield can't return.
- WotCSep 25, 2006
If Flickering Spirit's ability is activated, any "as this enters" choices for it are made by its owner, not its previous controller.
- WotCSep 25, 2006
When the ability resolves, Flickering Spirit is exiled, then immediately returned to the battlefield. It returns as a "new" creature. Any counters, Auras, and so on are removed. Any spells or abilities targeting Flickering Spirit no longer target it.