Fleeting Image
Creature — Illusion
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29587
Fleeting Image is a repeatable bounce effect stapled to a 1/1 flyer — the body is irrelevant, the activated ability is the entire card. One blue mana to return it to your hand means it dodges removal indefinitely, but you're paying that cost every time you want to replay it, which adds up fast in a format where tempo matters.
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 |
Fleeting Image is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Legacy and Vintage, the power bar is simply too high — a 1/1 that bounces itself for one blue doesn't threaten anything relevant. Modern has faster, more impactful options at every point on the curve. Commander is where Fleeting Image has the most theoretical home, specifically in decks that care about repeatedly entering-the-battlefield triggers or need a cheap, unkillable blue creature to satisfy a theme, but even there it rarely makes the cut over more efficient alternatives.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Fleeting Image is currently unavailable, but as a low-demand card with no competitive presence it typically sits in bulk-rare or near-bulk territory. Pick it up if a specific deck needs it — there's no urgency and no scarcity driving the price up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.