---
name: "Ghostly Flicker"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SLZ"
set_name: "The Zeta Set"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "common"
artist: "MSCHF"
oracle_id: "ad0070db-6454-41cb-861f-8f5b8fc2a3b8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ghostly-flicker-slz"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ghostly Flicker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Displace](/printing/displace-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Illusionist's Stratagem](/printing/illusionists-stratagem-klr.md) — Instant
3. [Flicker of Fate](/printing/flicker-of-fate-thb.md) — Instant
4. [Eerie Interlude](/printing/eerie-interlude-slz.md) — Instant
5. [Scrollshift](/printing/scrollshift-mom.md) — Instant
6. [Flicker](/printing/flicker-uds.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Zeta Set (SLZ) #17
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** MSCHF
- **Total Printings:** 36 across all historical editions

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