La carte Flicker a inspiré le nom des cartes Flickering Spirit, Flickerwisp, Ghostly Flicker, Flickerform et Flicker of Fate 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.")