Ghostly Flicker

Ghostly Flicker

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{U}

How we read this card

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

on-cast —

on-cast — blinks a permanent

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a creature, exile a land, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, a land leaves the battlefield, put an artifact onto the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, put a land onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, it triggers

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

When an artifact is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

When a land enters thanks to Ghostly Flicker:

  1. Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
  2. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
  4. Emeria Shepherd — brings a card back
  5. Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
  6. Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
  7. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
  8. Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
  9. Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald — makes a token
  10. Silvan Reveler — returns itself from the graveyard

199 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When an artifact leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact or land is exiled thanks to Ghostly Flicker, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Ghostly Flicker:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

When Ghostly Flicker is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Bill Potts — copies an ability
  5. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  6. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  7. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  8. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Ghostly Flicker, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Ghostly Flicker:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils

61 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Ghostly Flicker, it makes 2 tokens
  2. Invader Parasite — When Invader Parasite enters thanks to Ghostly Flicker, it exiles a land an opponent controls

312 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Ghostly Flicker is one).

  1. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Ghostly Flicker, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.