Flicker of Fate is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Exile target creature or enchantment, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
How it works : Flicker of Fate
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Once the exiled permanent returns, it’s considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled permanent will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If an Aura is put onto the battlefield without being cast, the Aura’s controller-to-be chooses what it will enchant as it comes back onto the battlefield. An Aura put onto the battlefield this way doesn’t target anything (so it could be attached to an opponent’s permanent with hexproof, for example), but the Aura’s enchant ability restricts what it can be attached to. If the Aura can’t legally be attached to anything, it remains in its current zone.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Restoration Angel + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable. - 2When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Restoration Angel until Abedl Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 4Abdel Adrian leaves and enters the battlefield, causing Restoration Angel to return to the battlefield from exile, and triggering Abdel Adrian and Restoration Angel's enter abilities.
- 5Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Restoration Angel until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 6Resolve the Restoration Angel trigger, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Felidar Guardian + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Felidar Guardian until Abedl Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 4Abdel Adrian leaves and enters the battlefield, causing Felidar Guardian to return to the battlefield from exile, and triggering Abdel Adrian and Felidar Guardian's enter abilities.
- 5Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Felidar Guardian until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 6Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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#3
Preston, the Vanisher + Felidar Guardian + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Felidar Guardian.
- 2Felidar Guardian and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, blinking another permanent you control.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Felidar Guardian that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the Felidar Guardian token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Felidar Guardian.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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#4
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Archaeomancer and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Archaeomancer trigger.
- 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Flicker of Fate from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Flicker of Fate.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Archaeomancer and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Dualcaster Mage + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Flicker of Fate, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Flicker of Fate, blinking Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#6
Preston, the Vanisher + Wispweaver Angel + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite blinking
- 1Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Wispweaver Angel.
- 2Wispweaver Angel and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Wispweaver Angel trigger, blinking another creature you control.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Wispweaver Angel that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the Wispweaver Angel token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Wispweaver Angel.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Wispweaver Angel + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Wispweaver Angel until Abedl Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 4Abdel Adrian leaves and enters the battlefield, causing Wispweaver Angel to return to the battlefield from exile, and triggering Abdel Adrian and Wispweaver Angel's enter abilities.
- 5Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Wispweaver Angel until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 6Resolve the Wispweaver Angel trigger, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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#8
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Mnemonic Wall + Flicker of Fate
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Flicker of Fate by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Mnemonic Wall and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Mnemonic Wall trigger.
- 4Resolve the Mnemonic Wall trigger, returning Flicker of Fate from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Flicker of Fate.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Mnemonic Wall and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
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