Displacer Kitten
Magic: The Gathering card
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Sep 28, 2026
Ryan OverturfHOST
So you get to flicker a creature whenever you cast a creature spell.
Ryan OverturfHOST
So sort of an analog to Displacer Kitten.
Ryan OverturfHOST
Triggering off of casting creatures and flickering creatures is going to be weaker.
Ryan OverturfHOST
There's certainly going to be ways to generate value loops and infinite combos with Flickering Hound.
Cardboard CryptidHOST
Based on a card that we used to have.
Cardboard CryptidHOST
So Displacer Kitten is shifted into Flicker Hound in the Reality Fractured Multiverse.
The Gaming GhostHOST
So when I first read this, I thought that it did exactly what Displacer did in white.
The Gaming GhostHOST
And I was like, oh, this is going to be great.
The Gaming GhostHOST
I don't think this is going to see a counter spell.
Cardboard CryptidHOST
Yeah.
Cardboard CryptidHOST
I mean, does this have the Teferi Displacer Kitten combo, where it's just two cards and a zero rock that wins you the game? Probably not.
Cardboard CryptidHOST
But, I mean, is there an equivalent combo in a creature deck? Maybe, you know, Dog Thras.
MikeHOST
There's also Flickering Hound, which is crazy.
MikeHOST
It's a color-shifted Displacer Kitten.
MikeHOST
There's also Return to the Light Realms, which is a color-shifted return from the Dark Realms, right? Yeah.
MikeHOST
That returns all non-land permanent cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
SamHOST
There's definitely some CDH decks that want it.
SamHOST
For the folks that don't know, it's four mana.
SamHOST
It's a 2-2, just like Displacer Kitten.
SamHOST
When you cast a creature spell, you can exile up to one other target creature you control and return to the battlefield.
DanHOST
So in general, having a repeatable way of flickering a creature is nice.
DanHOST
There are a lot of good ETBs in cube... like in white alone we have things like we have things like thraben inspector palace jailer and solitude these are all really cool cool things that like um we want to trigger again and again if we can um the trigger of this being on creatures being cast um i think will be okay for a lot of decks like it's a bit like this is a white card white decks are often creature heavy we'll be able to have things in our deck in order to flicker um so i think that will be okay um The obvious comparison for this is, like, basically this is a standard-powered take on Displacer Kitten.
DanHOST
Displacer Kitten is a messed-up magic card.
DanHOST
Like, this is worse than the Kitten because that triggers off of non-creature spells, but it lets you blink any non-land permanent.
DanHOST
So with Displacer Kitten, you can reset things like Planeswalkers, that kind of stuff.
DanHOST
Like, there's just more utility there.
DanHOST
This just does creatures, so this feels more just like a fair value card.
DanHOST
If you're just trying to be efficient, then I think it might struggle.
Rachel WeeksHOST
... real cheap and trigger your non-creature matters stuff.
Rachel WeeksHOST
Uh, but there are some infinite combos if you are blinking Displacer Kitten, that naughty kitten, uh-
Jimmy WongHOST
That card is, it's been doing busted stuff? What? No way.
Rachel WeeksHOST
Uh, yes.
Jimmy WongHOST
Right, but you'll copy it if Codie's out.
Rachel WeeksHOST
Right.
Rachel WeeksHOST
So the Blazing Firesinger and the Displacer Kitten go infinite right away.
Jimmy WongHOST
Yeah.
PhilPANELIST
... of combos in there.
PhilPANELIST
The combos are stuff like Etali, Displacer Kitten.
PhilPANELIST
Like, crazy combos that make you need so much mana.
PhilPANELIST
But the problem with Omnath is you play it, play a fetch, four mana, here you go.
Serge YagerHOST
Wheeler.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
So I think Displacer Kitten, which this is a direct call-out to, a 3 and a blue for a 2-2.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
When you cast a non-creature spell, you flicker a non-land permanent you control, and it just comes back to play.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
I think that the Kitten is one of the most underplayed cards in our format.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
Often, while this card can be flickering powerful artifacts like Portal to Phyrexia or Coveted Jewel or even just Mana Vault, you can also just flicker pretty powerful creatures, initiative creatures, Eternal Witness, Spellseeker, all these different cards.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
And Flickering Hound more or less just does that.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
It does a similar function to Displacer Kitten in that you can be flickering Eternal Witness, Initiative Creatures, Spellseekers, Brightglass Gearhulks, all these cards that often see play in, say, Bant Blink.
Benjamin WheelerHOST
Yep.
TravisHOST
Your creatures getting that +1/+1 and untapping with every, with every spell.
TravisHOST
We kept from the original deck Displacer Kitten.
TravisHOST
Displacer Kitten is wild in this deck.
TravisHOST
Three and a blue for a 2/2 cat beast.
TravisHOST
Whenever you cast a non-creature spell, exile up to one target nonland permanent you control, and then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
TravisHOST
... gonna get another free spell from the graveyard.
TravisHOST
Just that nonstop value increasing and increasing.
BenjaminHOST
I mean, think how good this is that you can play shi- you can play Displacer Kitten turn four, you play shico turn five, it comes in, it, it casts a nonla- It casts a non-creature spell from your graveyard, which will then trigger Displacer Kitten.
JakePANELIST
Uh, what is your favorite card?
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I kinda like Displacer Kitten.
JakePANELIST
Sorry?
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Displacer Kitten.
KleinHOST
Displacer Kitten? What is that?
JakePANELIST
Uh, it's a card that, like, flickers when you play a new creature, like it bounces stuff.
JakePANELIST
Does that make sense?
Reggie the ArcadeGUEST
Oh, man, and I get it.
Reggie the ArcadeGUEST
It's, it's a very powerful effect, and the turns where you have Displacer Kitten, and you have three non-creature spells, you're like, "I'm unstoppable right now."
Rachel WeeksHOST
Mm-hmm.
Rachel WeeksHOST
Mm-hmm.
Reggie the ArcadeGUEST
But there's so many cards that will do the Displacer Kitten impression, um, and some of them are a l- more, uh, synergistic and cool to build around as opposed to just, like, "Ah, here's this generic piece that's always gonna give me value no matter what I'm doing," right?
Rachel WeeksHOST
Yeah.
Rachel WeeksHOST
There's a couple that'll do sort of a, uh, Displacer Kitten at home impression.
Rachel WeeksHOST
This is Kykar, Zephyr Awakener.