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Ghostly FlickerHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Commander Masters· August 4, 2023
Carte Magic Ghostly Flicker

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

How it works : Ghostly Flicker

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    The two targets can have different card types. For example, you can target one artifact and one creature with Ghostly Flicker.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Ghostly Flicker
+Peregrine Drake
+Archaeomancer
#1

Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer

Infinite blinkingInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Archaeomancer and Peregrine Drake.
  3. 3When Archaeomancer and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker to your hand from your graveyard.
  5. 5Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  6. 6Repeat.
  7. 7If you control five lands that can tap to produce at least {3}{U}, this combo nets infinite mana, and you may blink any other permanent besides Peregrine Drake.
Dualcaster Mage
+Ghostly Flicker
#2

Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying its mana cost.
  2. 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
  3. 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Ghostly Flicker, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
  4. 4Resolve the copy of Ghostly Flicker, blinking Dualcaster Mage.
  5. 5Repeat from step 3.
Ghostly Flicker
+Peregrine Drake
+Eternal Witness
#3

Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Eternal Witness

Infinite blinkingInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Eternal Witness and Peregrine Drake.
  3. 3When Eternal Witness and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. 4Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker to your hand from your graveyard.
  5. 5Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  6. 6Repeat.
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
+Ghostly Flicker
#4

Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Ghostly Flicker

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying its mana cost.
  2. 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost plus commander tax if applicable
  3. 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, copying Ghostly Flicker, with the copy targeting Naru Meha.
  4. 4Resolve the copy of Ghostly Flicker, blinking Naru Meha.
  5. 5Repeat from step 3.
Cloud of Faeries
+Archaeomancer
+Ghostly Flicker
+Panharmonicon
#5

Cloud of Faeries + Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Panharmonicon

Infinite casts of any instants and/or sorcery cards in your hand or graveyardInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggers
  1. 1Activate up to two lands by tapping them, adding at least {1}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Archaeomancer and Cloud of Faeries.
  3. 3When Archaeomancer and Cloud of Faeries enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger twice each.
  4. 4Resolve the first Archaeomancer trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. 5Resolve the second Archaeomancer trigger, returning any other instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. 6Resolve the first Cloud of Faeries trigger, untapping up to two lands.
  7. 7Activate up to two lands by tapping them, adding at least {1}{U}.
  8. 8Resolve the second Cloud of Faeries trigger, untapping up to two lands.
Ghostly Flicker
+Archaeomancer
+Gilded Lotus
#6

Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Gilded Lotus

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
  1. 1Activate Gilded Lotus by tapping it, adding {U}{U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Archaeomancer and Gilded Lotus.
  3. 3Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. 4Repeat.
Preston, the Vanisher
+Ghostly Flicker
+Felidar Guardian
#7

Preston, the Vanisher + Ghostly Flicker + Felidar Guardian

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
  1. 1Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying its mana cost, blinking Felidar Guardian.
  2. 2Felidar Guardian and Preston trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, blinking another permanent you control.
  4. 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Felidar Guardian that is a 0/1 Illusion.
  5. 5When the Felidar Guardian token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Felidar Guardian.
  6. 6Repeat from step 2.
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
+Ghostly Flicker
+Archaeomancer
#8

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
  1. 1Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
  2. 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Archaeomancer and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
  3. 3Abdel Adrian and Archaeomancer trigger.
  4. 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Ghostly Flicker.
  6. 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.
  7. 7Repeat.
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Legal formats

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