The Battlefield

Dualcaster Mage

$4.97

Ghostly Flicker

$1.77

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker

Overview

When Ghostly Flicker resolves exiling and returning Dualcaster Mage, the Mage re-enters and its enter-the-battlefield trigger can target an instant or sorcery spell on the stack and, when that trigger resolves, put a copy of that spell onto the stack per the copying rules .

Step 1

You cast Ghostly Flicker targeting Dualcaster Mage and one other permanent you control; Ghostly Flicker is on the stack and will resolve first.

Step 2

Ghostly Flicker resolves and exiles the chosen permanents, then returns them to the battlefield under your control; when Dualcaster Mage returns, it is a new object and its enter-the-battlefield trigger triggers.

Step 3

When the triggered ability is put on the stack you choose a target instant or sorcery spell that is currently on the stack (per Ruling [2016-06-08] this can be any instant or sorcery regardless of who controls it).

Step 4

When Dualcaster Mage’s triggered ability resolves it creates a copy of the targeted instant or sorcery and puts that copy onto the stack; this is handled under the copying rules .

Step 5

The copy is a spell on the stack (it is not cast) and is owned and controlled by the player who caused the copy to be put onto the stack as described in .

Step 6

Because Mage’s ability says you may choose new targets for the copy, you may change targets for the copy then the copy is placed on the stack with those targets (see ).

Resolution

If Ghostly Flicker exiles and returns Dualcaster Mage, Dualcaster Mage’s ETB trigger can target any instant or sorcery spell on the stack (it need not have targets and it need not be controlled by the Mage’s controller) and, when the trigger resolves, it creates a copy of that spell which is put onto the stack; the copy is a spell controlled and owned by the player who put the copy onto the stack and you may choose new targets for that copy as allowed by the Mage’s ability and the copying rules (see also Ruling [2016-06-08]).

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