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.

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Modern decks played it (1 of 2236). Most played in Boros Energy. In the last 30 days 0.8% of Commander decks played it (49 of 6150). Most played in Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Flickering Hound in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Reality Fracture (FRA), Premier Draft	47.7%	-7.7	-4.3	1661
Reality Fracture (FRA), Sealed	49.9%	-6.8	-2.1	742

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Combos

215 combos from Commander Spellbook, 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 + 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…: Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Ornithopter + Viscera Seer
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite artifact ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Flickering Hound + Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Memnite
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flickering Hound + Hangarback Walker + Lurrus of the Dream-Den

See all 215 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
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

Modern Other periods →

In 1 of 2236 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	6.3%	1%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Boros Energy 1sNabOs in Modern Challenge 32	4-3 57%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy 1sNabOs, 24 Oct	1 main	#8 4-3

Commander Other periods →

In 49 of 6150 decks (0.8%).

Share of decks

0.8%

▲ 0.6 vs previous 30 days