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Momentary Blink

Instant

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
common
Set
Historic Anthology 3
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2648
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Momentary Blink card art
Momentary Blink bounces one of your creatures out of exile and back immediately, triggering every enter-the-battlefield ability it has — for two mana at instant speed. The flashback clause means you get a second trigger for three mana, and Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage turns that double-dip into a full combo engine on its own.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardCandlekeep Sage

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage

83.9% of decks · synergy 0.73

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage exiles your board when it enters, so Momentary Blink re-exiles and immediately returns Abdel — along with everything he previously exiled — generating an ever-growing pile of free permanents with each cast and flashback.

02
Plagon, Lord of the Beach

Plagon, Lord of the Beach

69.3% of decks · synergy 0.58

Plagon, Lord of the Beach cares about Fish entering the battlefield, and Momentary Blink lets you double-dip on any high-value Fish ETB in the same turn, with flashback available to do it a third time across the game.

03
Niko, Light of Hope

Niko, Light of Hope

66.2% of decks · synergy 0.55

Niko, Light of Hope generates Shard tokens on creature ETBs, so Momentary Blink is effectively a two-mana draw-two — one trigger on cast, one trigger on flashback — while also protecting Niko or any key creature from removal.

04
Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Shiko, Paragon of the Way

55.5% of decks · synergy 0.54

Shiko, Paragon of the Way rewards stacking counters on creatures, and Momentary Blink resets a creature's ETB to load it back up while also serving as a reactive save against targeted removal.

05
Ranar the Ever-Watchful

Ranar the Ever-Watchful

63.3% of decks · synergy 0.52

Ranar the Ever-Watchful creates a 1/1 flier every time a card is exiled from your hand or a permanent phases out, and Momentary Blink's cast-from-exile flashback triggers Ranar twice — once per cast — while protecting a creature in the process.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Momentary Blink does its best work: ETB-heavy decks treat the flashback as a built-in two-for-one, and the instant speed means it doubles as protection against targeted removal. In Pauper, it sees real play in flicker strategies built around commons with powerful enters-the-battlefield effects, where the low price of entry and built-in recursion make it punching above its rarity. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but faster formats rarely need a two-mana flicker when combo lines close games earlier. Pioneer and Standard don't carry it, which mostly just means those players are missing out.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

4,402 decks
Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianMomentary Blink

Preston, the VanisherFelidar GuardianMomentary Blink

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce; Exile all nonland permanents opponents control; Infinite mana lands you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Momentary Blink isn't currently available in the system, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest number. Given its common printing and niche-but-real demand in Commander and Pauper flicker shells, it has historically been an easy pickup — expect budget-friendly.

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