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Personify

Instant1 generic manaWhite mana

White flicker has always been a reset button first and a value engine second: Cloudshift and Momentary Blink sell you the re-triggered enters-the-battlefield ability, the creature yanked off a targeting spell, the wiped combat damage or shed counters, and then they resolve and leave nothing behind. This one attaches a permanent to the transaction. Blink your own creature to reap the re-entry, and you are also left with a 1/1 Shapeshifter whose changeling status makes it count as a Goblin, a Zombie, an Elf, and everything else simultaneously: it collects the pump from every lord on your side, it answers "sacrifice a Goblin" and "you control a Zombie" prompts alike, and it feeds any tribal payoff regardless of which family the deck committed to. Two effects on one instant, then, but neither of them recurs: the blink is a single trigger and the token is a single body, both spent when the spell resolves. What ties the ceiling to your own board is the target restriction. The exile has to land on something of yours, so this cannot double as spot removal, and its upside scales entirely with how much value your creatures give back on re-entry. Built around enter-the-battlefield triggers, that is plenty: a value blink that resolves at instant speed and leaves a warm, all-purpose body in its wake.

Personify (ecl)
ECL · #28uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.22
Foil: $0.28
Oracle Text

Rules text

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Create a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It's every creature type.)
Legalities

Format Status

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