Fleeting Effigy
Creature — Elemental
Haste
At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #14774
Fleeting Effigy turns any creature into an unblockable threat for a turn, and that effect lands hardest when the creature already has a built-in payoff for connecting — which is exactly why Eshki Dragonclaw shells reach for it. The cost is real: one mana and the creature phases out until your next turn, so you're trading a combat step for evasion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Eshki Dragonclaw
Eshki Dragonclaw cares about creatures with battle cry and aggressive stats connecting in combat, and Fleeting Effigy guarantees that connection for one mana — making it a reliable way to trigger Eshki's pump effects without needing to crack through a board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fleeting Effigy is a Commander card first and foremost — the format's slower clock and creature-heavy tables make a one-mana unblockable enabler worth a slot in the right aggressive or combat-trigger build. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's outclassed by more permanent evasion or pump spells that don't phase the creature out, costing you board presence in exchange for one swing. Legacy and Vintage have no real use case for it. Standard is technically an option, but the effect is too narrow to compete for a slot against more versatile one-drops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Fleeting Effigy is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares with narrow application rarely climb, so treat this as a stable $0.25-or-less pickup and don't expect upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Eshki Dragonclaw
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.