Flickerwisp
Creature — Elemental
Flying
When this creature enters, exile another target permanent. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2014
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #2153
Flickerwisp enters, exiles any permanent until end of turn, and swings as a 3/1 flier — all for three mana at instant speed when blinked. Commanders like Ranar the Ever-Watchful and Preston, the Vanisher treat that exile trigger as a repeatable engine, not a one-off trick.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Every time Flickerwisp's exile trigger fires, Ranar the Ever-Watchful produces a 1/1 Spirit token — blink Flickerwisp repeatedly and the token count compounds fast.
Preston, the Vanisher
Flickerwisp exiling a nontoken creature triggers Preston, the Vanisher to create a 0/1 Horse token, so each flicker loop generates free board presence while also disrupting an opponent's permanent.
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd blinks creatures at will, and Flickerwisp is one of the better targets — it resets its own exile trigger on re-entry, letting Phelia convert extra mana into repeated removal or tempo hits.
Yorion, Sky Nomad
Yorion, Sky Nomad's enter-the-battlefield trigger blinks the whole board, and Flickerwisp fills the gap between Yorion activations by spot-exiling anything that needs answering right now.
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year rewards stacking ETB triggers, and Flickerwisp contributes a relevant one every time it enters — exile a blocker, attack, repeat.
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 |
In Commander, Flickerwisp earns its slot in any blink or ETB deck that wants a flying body with built-in interaction — the exile effect hits any permanent, including lands and tokens, which is broader than most three-mana removal spells. In Legacy, it sees occasional play in Death and Taxes builds, where it can reset Aether Vial, exile an opponent's land during their upkeep to deny a mana step, or flicker your own Stoneforge Mystic. Modern has largely moved past it as that format's Death and Taxes shells shifted toward more aggressive pieces, but it remains legal and functional in fringe builds. Vintage and Oathbreaker are legal but Flickerwisp is too fair for Vintage's power level to matter there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Preston, the VanisherFiend HunterFlickerwisp
Infinite blinking; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB
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Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Flickerwisp sits firmly in bulk territory despite appearing in nearly 70% of Ranar the Ever-Watchful decks. Supply from multiple printings keeps the price flat, so there's no scarcity argument — it's just cheap and playable, which is the best kind of inclusion.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.