La carte
Flicker a inspiré le nom des cartes
Flickering Spirit,
Flickerwisp,
Ghostly Flicker,
Flickerform,
Flicker of Fate et
Xho Cai, Flickering Talon ainsi que leur effet de faire disparaître, puis réapparaître, la carte elle-même ou bien un permanent de type plus ou moins restreint, selon la couleur du sort et le thème de l'édition dans laquelle celui-ci est sorti.
Pour information,
Momentary Blink est la carte qui a donné son nom à cet effet de
blinker un permanent, plutôt que la carte Flicker.
Source 1 (Aethergeode Miner - "[...] flickering (also known as blinking). "Flickering" is R&D slang for exiling a permanent and then bringing it back to the battlefield, either immediately or at end of turn.") -
Source 2 (Flicker - "[...] I started experimenting with different effects using the phasing mechanic. [...] However, it didn't trigger enters effects [...] I thought about how we could make an effect that triggered enters effects. That was the origin of the Flicker . [...] The simplest way to do this was to exile the permanent and then return it to the battlefield. [...] "Flickering" has gone on to be a staple Magic effect that we do at all rarities.")