I completely underestimated this card until I tried building a deck around it (pretty much creatures with card advantage ETBs) - now I know better. Some interactions in this one deck alone:
Coiling Oracle - draw a card, or ramp
Eternal Witness - fish the graveyard, usually for Flicker itself
Mystic Snake - Flicker becomes a counter with a second ETB attached
Sower of Temptation - permanently steal one creature (if you target the creature you've stolen), and swap Sower to another (if your second target is Sower; this tactic is an awesome swing against removal targetted at Sower)
Primeval Titan - super landfall
Avenger of Zendikar - super tokens
The fact that it also targets two targets is also extremely sexy - you have to make both targets illegal to counter the spell, so even if they kill one in response, you'll still get to Flicker the other.
All in all, a really fantastic common.
Edit: after having now used this card quite a bit in random casual games, I find it interesting how m... (see all)
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(1/12/2013 11:18:57 PM)
This card is seriously abusive in any high tide deck, I mean, blink Palinchron! Its already an instant +1 mana with only one High Tide. You could get nasty earlier with a couple Cloud of Fairies
Edit: Now it even works with Evolves and with the primordials. Soooo broken Diluvian Primordial
Posted By:
green4456
(3/21/2013 10:18:59 PM)
cloudpost and glimmerpost with this. oh god i never thought flickering lands would be so good
Posted By:
kennylives
(5/2/2013 7:38:22 AM)
Man-o'-war
Mulldrifter
Halimar depths
Sea Gate Oracle
Augur of Bolas
Aethersnipe
Shriekmaw
5/5 in any deck that abuses ETB effects. Seriously the best of it's kind and an amazing amazing card. 3.9 at the time of this writing is too low. This card is amazing.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/5/2013 9:00:53 AM)
@kennylives
Exactly my thinking. I'm putting this in a peasant 8-post deck. It will be a way to protect my eldrazi from removal (and to get stuff like pacifism off), and can flicker my lands for massive life gain.
Very versatile and awesome.
Posted By:
SAUS3
(7/8/2013 9:25:03 AM)
Double flicker for only 3 cmc, and is easily cast in multicolor decks. I use it with my MM Rishadan pirates to inflict major pain.
5/5
Posted By:
MasterBlaster74
(8/4/2013 3:11:40 PM)
Ever tried equipping Piston Sledge instant speed.
Posted By:
stratoscythe
(8/21/2013 7:52:00 PM)
Yes it certainly is.
Posted By:
seraphsembrace
(8/30/2013 11:56:11 AM)
This + Guttersnipe + Archeomancer equates for 2 damage for every 3 Mana. So yeah... Add a second guttersnipe for 4 instead or a Blistercoil Weird/Kiln Fiend and voila! Have fun making ridiculously power creatures.
Posted By:
Volvary
(9/29/2013 11:46:21 AM)