Blinking Spirit
Creature — Spirit
: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Pro Tour Collector Set
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21772
Blinking Spirit answers removal, resets enters-the-battlefield triggers, and protects itself — all for zero mana, on demand. The cost is that four mana to deploy is a real ask, and Helga, Skittish Seer is the kind of commander that makes the repeated self-bounce worth the investment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blinking Spirit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Modern have long since moved past four-mana creatures with no immediate board impact. In Commander, the repeatable free bounce finds its niche in decks that weaponize ETB effects or need a reliable way to protect a key permanent without spending cards — the zero activation cost is the entire argument for running it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Helga, Skittish SeerChakram RetrieverBlinking Spirit
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with X in their mana cost; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Blinking SpiritIntruder Alarm
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Chakram RetrieverBlinking SpiritBloom Tender
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite green mana; Infinite blue mana; Infinite red mana; Infinite black mana
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Chakram RetrieverBlinking SpiritFaeburrow Elder
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite green mana; Infinite blue mana; Infinite red mana; Infinite black mana
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Chakram RetrieverBlinking SpiritSelvala, Heart of the Wilds
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite storm count
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Blinking Spirit isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest. As an older card with narrow application, it tends to sit in bulk or near-bulk territory, making it an easy pickup if a deck wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.