Hey so I’m trying to prepare for the be MoM set coming out and I want to build the new etali for edh. Is there any form of consistent blink or flicker for gruul?
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Conjurer's Closet is the only thing within the Gruul's color identity that truly flickers. It does have access to a few cards that can bounce stuff so you can cast them again.
For returning to hand there is, of course, the classic Temur Sabertooth, and any deck can use Sanctum of Eternity for commanders specifically.
If we want to get more elaborate, rather than blinking one Etali, you can also just make more Etalis. Helm of the Host is a bit too expensive to be practical in reality in most decks, but it's cool if it goes off. Mirrorpool works. There are many one-shot/temporary cards in red that do this, like Heat Shimmer, Mirror March, Jaxis the Troublemaker, or sac Etali and let Feldon of the Third Path do his thing. And, if you want to get really convoluted, use one of these ways to make a token copy and then let Esika's Chariot copy it (and/or use Doubling Season type effects, or populate).
Sword of Hearth and Home is one of the best flicker cards for you. Ramp, flicker, and protection from two colors for evasion. Only drawback is you can't target your equipped creature with anything green, but that's offset by them not being able to target it with Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile. I run this in my Dimir and Rakdos flicker decks and am never disappointed to get it in hand.
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If you really wanna get cheeky you could use the sticker from Eternal / Acrobat / Toast.Let's not skip on Voyager Staff?, either. It's not repeatable by itself, though you can recur it e.g. with Salvaging Station, though. You can do something similar (but more awkward) with Synod Sanctum or Endless Sands.
For returning to hand there is, of course, the classic Temur Sabertooth, and any deck can use Sanctum of Eternity for commanders specifically.
If we want to get more elaborate, rather than blinking one Etali, you can also just make more Etalis. Helm of the Host is a bit too expensive to be practical in reality in most decks, but it's cool if it goes off. Mirrorpool works. There are many one-shot/temporary cards in red that do this, like Heat Shimmer, Mirror March, Jaxis the Troublemaker, or sac Etali and let Feldon of the Third Path do his thing. And, if you want to get really convoluted, use one of these ways to make a token copy and then let Esika's Chariot copy it (and/or use Doubling Season type effects, or populate).
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