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Displacer Kitten

Creature — Cat Beast

Avoidance — Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, exile up to one target nonland permanent you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$39.80
EDHREC rank
#535
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Displacer Kitten card art
Displacer Kitten turns every noncreature spell into a flicker trigger, and in a format built around planeswalkers and artifacts, that trigger fires constantly. Alongside Teferi, Time Raveler it generates near-infinite value loops; Loot, the Pathfinder players run it in over two-thirds of decks for a reason — this cat is a four-mana engine, not a utility piece.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

02
Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Shiko, Paragon of the Way

57.7% of decks · synergy 0.54

Shiko, Paragon of the Way casts noncreature spells constantly to trigger its own ability, so Displacer Kitten is essentially a free flicker on every activation — the two cards form a self-sustaining loop that churns through the deck.

03
Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Tivit, Seller of Secrets

58.3% of decks · synergy 0.52

Tivit, Seller of Secrets wants to flicker itself to take multiple combat steps and generate additional council's dilemma triggers; Displacer Kitten provides that flicker on demand every time an artifact or instant resolves in a spell-heavy blue-white shell.

04

Kefka, Court Mage

49.8% of decks · synergy 0.45

Kefka, Court Mage spends the early game casting cheap noncreature spells to build counters, which means Displacer Kitten triggers on almost every turn and can bounce Kefka back to reset or protect it at instant speed.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the clear home for Displacer Kitten — the format's density of planeswalkers, mana rocks, and instants means it rarely sits idle, and the 100-card singleton structure rewards a four-drop that generates value over multiple turns rather than winning immediately. In Legacy and Vintage, Displacer Kitten is legal but barely played; the formats move too fast for a four-mana creature that needs additional spells to do anything, and the infinite loops it enables are redundant when faster combo lines already exist. Oathbreaker is a meaningful second home, particularly as a signature spell or alongside a planeswalker commander who casts noncreature spells repeatedly.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

10,088 decks
Displacer KittenEternal WitnessLotus PetalSnap

Displacer KittenEternal WitnessLotus PetalSnap

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite colored mana; Return all creatures you don't control to their owner's hand; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There is no true budget replacement for Displacer Kitten because the triggered flicker-on-spellcast text is unique — cards like Felidar Guardian and Yorion, Sky Nomad offer one-time or enter-the-battlefield flickers but not the continuous loop that makes Displacer Kitten an engine. If the goal is protecting a key permanent or resetting an enter-the-battlefield trigger once per turn, Conjurer's Closet ($1–2) fills that role at a fraction of the price, though it operates on your end step rather than syncing with your spell casts.

Price Context

Current price

$39.80 premium tier

At $39.80, Displacer Kitten sits firmly in the premium tier — a price driven by its unique text and the number of competitive Commander decks that run it as a combo centerpiece. It has held near this range since demand settled post-release, and given how few cards replicate what it does, that floor is unlikely to collapse.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.