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If it phases in and no other creatures are on the battlefield, it will phase itself back out.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #42
Shimmering Efreet
vis·#42·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Thomas Gianni
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wishlisted
Feb 1997
29 yr ago
Value
$0.22+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $0.22 · low $0.21
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.12USD$0.22TIX0.04 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #26,606 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Efreet
Flying
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
Whenever this creature phases in, target creature phases out. (It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)
Life or death: which is the illusion?"
—Naimah, Femeref philosopher
2/2
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
If two of these phase in, they can both target the same creature and have just that one creature phase out.
Context
Last observed at $0.22, stable around $0.22 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.22 across 41 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $0.22.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from VIS — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Visions* (released February 1997).
Card #42 in Visions.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Creature — Efreet. Color identity: blue. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Phasing.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #26,606 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Thomas Gianni. Rarix tracks 64 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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