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Flickerwisp

Creature — Elemental1 generic manaWhite manaWhite mana

The genius of the design is the targeting clause: it exiles another permanent and returns it "under its owner's control," which means the effect points in two directions at once. Aimed at an opponent, it is disruption stapled to a body: bounce a token to nothing (it never comes back), strip an Aura or Equipment off its host, send a freshly cast threat back to face summoning sickness again, or wipe the loyalty off a planeswalker. Aimed at your own board, it is a re-trigger button: flicker a creature with an enters-the-battlefield ability to fire it twice, or reset a permanent that has been stolen or enchanted. The "next end step" timing is the whole engine. The targeted permanent stays gone through the rest of the current turn, so a chosen blocker is absent through your combat, and a flickered land of your own returns only at end step rather than tapping for a quick burst: this is a tempo tool, not a ramp one. Because the trigger hangs off a creature without flash, the effect resolves on its own clock rather than in response to the opponent; the play is proactive, built into your main phase, not held as a trick. The 3/1 flier it rides on is fragile enough that the card wants to be doing something the turn it lands rather than sitting back as a value engine, which is exactly why it lived in white aggressive shells: a clock and a flexible disruption mode folded into a single slot.

Flickerwisp (cma)
CMA · #12uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.33
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying When this creature enters, exile another target permanent. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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