Staring Contest: A List of Blink-Effect Cards

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Token Copy (56)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Back from the Brink
• 1x Battle for Bretagard
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Dance of Many
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Dual Nature
• 1x Echo Storm
• 1x Esika's Chariot
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Felhide Spiritbinder
• 1x Flamerush Rider
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Hofri Ghostforge
• 1x Hour of Eternity
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Littjara Mirrorlake
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Mirror March
• 1x Mirror Mockery
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Molten Echoes
• 1x Mythos of Illuna
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 1x Osgir, the Reconstructor
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Prototype Portal
• 1x Quasiduplicate
• 1x Replication Technique
• 1x Repudiate / Replicate
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Saheeli Rai
• 1x Saheeli, the Gifted
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Seance
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Song of the Worldsoul
• 1x Soul Foundry
• 1x Spitting Image
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Trickster's Talisman
• 1x Zndrsplt's Judgment

Blink (38)

• 1x Angel of Condemnation
• 1x Argent Sphinx
• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Blizzard Strix
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Galepowder Mage
• 1x Ghost Council of Orzhova
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Glimmerpoint Stag
• 1x Identity Thief
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Liberate
• 1x Long Road Home
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Otherworldly Journey
• 1x Planar Guide
• 1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1x Sentinel of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Settle Beyond Reality
• 1x Skybind
• 1x Sudden Disappearance
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Triad of Fates
• 1x Turn to Mist
• 1x Vanish into Memory
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner
• 1x Vizier of Deferment
• 1x Voidwalk
• 1x Voyager Staff
• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

ETB Copy (21)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Clone
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Gigantoplasm
• 1x Mercurial Pretender
• 1x Mirror Image
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Protean Raider
• 1x Quicksilver Gargantuan
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Yarok, the Desecrated

Flicker (26)

• 1x Acrobatic Maneuver
• 1x Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Displace
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Flicker
• 1x Flicker of Fate
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Illusionist's Stratagem
• 1x Justiciar's Portal
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Ojutai Exemplars
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Ruin Ghost
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Teleportation Circle
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Wispweaver Angel

ETB Abuse (23)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
• 1x Infinite Reflection
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Legion's Initiative
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Moldgraf Monstrosity
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Riku of Two Reflections
• 1x Safe Haven
• 1x Synod Sanctum
• 1x Tawnos's Coffin
• 1x Twilight Shepherd
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Bounce (14)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Cunning Evasion
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Release to the Wind
• 1x Separatist Voidmage
• 1x Shepherd of the Flock
• 1x Sidisi's Faithful
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

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Sideboard

Other (5)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Isareth the Awakener
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Ranar the Ever-Watchful
• 1x Strionic Resonator

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This is a list of cards that produce (or simulate) "Blink" and "Flicker" effects. In other words, this is a list of all cards that exile and return your creatures to the battlefield, in order to benefit from ETB (Enter-the-Battlefield) triggers.

1. Flicker: Named after the card, Flicker, these cards all exile a creature, then _immediately_ return it to the battlefield.
2. Blink: These cards all exile a creature, then return it the battlefield _at the end step_ of the turn. Slightly slower than "flicker" cards, but basically the same thing.
3. Bounce: These cards all return a creature card to your hand so that it can be cast again. Slower than the above methods, but can still be useful.
4. ETB Copy: Cards that enter the battlefield as a copy of another creature (with a beneficial ETB-effect), such as Clone. Rather than actually exile-and-returning a creature, these cards duplicate ETB/LTB effects that have already been triggered.
5. Token Copy: Similar to the above category, these cards instead create tokens that enter as copies of other creatures, in order to duplicate ETB/LTB effects that have already been triggered.
6. ETB Abuse: This category actually contains several kinds of cards. A) Cards that allow dual- and multiple-triggering. B) Cards that exile creatures until _you_ decide to bring them back, usually through an activated ability.

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 1 Mythic Rares 105 - 4 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	178
Avg. CMC	3.87
Tokens	Cat 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Human Warrior 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W
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