---
name: "Flickering Spirit"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alex Horley-Orlandelli"
oracle_id: "ee679e57-4f0b-4ad4-9bfd-f331f4a5fba5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flickering-spirit-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Flickering Spirit
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{3}{W}: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

> *Il disparaît chaque fois avec l'espoir de ne pas revoir lorsqu'il réapparaîtra la désolation qu'il a laissée derrière lui en partant.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flickerwisp](/printing/flickerwisp-td0.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Lantern Spirit](/printing/lantern-spirit-isd.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Spectral Shepherd](/printing/spectral-shepherd-voc.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Stonerise Spirit](/printing/stonerise-spirit-stx.md) — Creature — Spirit Bird
5. [Fleeting Image](/printing/fleeting-image-7ed.md) — Creature — Illusion
6. [Roaming Ghostlight](/printing/roaming-ghostlight-clu.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #17
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`