First printed in Reality Fracture (2026)

All 3 prints

Reality Fracture (FRA) #359, 2026
Reality Fracture (FRA) #7, 2026
Reality Fracture Promos (PFRA) #7p, 2026

Flickering Hound

Creature — Dog

Whenever you cast a creature spell, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

It roams the halls for truant students, who suddenly find themselves back in class.

2/2

Illustrated by: Chris Rahn

Legality

Legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders

Prices

MTGO price: 0.008 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

215 combos, the most popular first:

Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Flickering Hound + Spell Queller
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite + Viscera Seer
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Walking Ballista
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Ornithopter + Viscera Seer
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Blasting Station + Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Ornithopter
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Ornithopter + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite artifact ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite

See all 215 on Commander Spellbook

Modern In 5 of 319 decks (1.6%), most in Boros Energy

Modern metagame

Share of decks

1.3%

▲ 1.0 vs previous 7 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

5 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

63%

1 top 8, leagues excluded

Weekly data

Week from	Share of decks
10 Aug	0.0%
17 Aug	0.0%
24 Aug	0.0%
31 Aug	0.0%
7 Sep	0.0%
14 Sep	0.0%
21 Sep	0.0%
28 Sep	0.1%
5 Oct	0.0%
12 Oct	0.0%
19 Oct	0.3%
26 Oct	1.3%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	6.9%	23%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Flagstones of Trokair	100%	77.6
Delney, Streetwise Lookout	100%	77.6
Skyclave Apparition	100%	77.6
Recruiter of the Guard	100%	77.6
White Orchid Phantom	100%	64.7
Abandoned Air Temple	100%	48.5
Enlightened Confidant	100%	38.8
Birthing Ritual	100%	27.7
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow	100%	22.8
Lush Portico	100%	21.6

Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Boros Energy aspiringspike in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Boros Energy ejk in Modern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Boros Energy mashirorc in Modern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy ejk, 31 Oct	1 main	#9 of 28 3-2
Boros Energy fradev1988, 31 Oct	1 main	#15 of 28 1-3
Boros Energy mashirorc, 31 Oct	1 main	#16 of 28 2-3
Boros Energy jhovall_, 31 Oct	1 main	5-0
Boros Energy aspiringspike, 30 Oct	1 main	#1 (top 8) of 58 8-1

Commander In 4 of 719 decks (0.6%), most in Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Commander metagame