Card text
Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for feather or quill. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each feather vote and draw a card for each quill vote. For each card drawn this way, discard a card.
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Mana cost
{4}{U}
Power / toughness
2/1
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Card text
Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for feather or quill. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each feather vote and draw a card for each quill vote. For each card drawn this way, discard a card.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Messenger Jays
Messenger Jays (35) is a Blue Creature — Bird from Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2). It costs {4}{U}, has mana value 5 and is a 2/1. It is printed at Common rarity. The one keyword in its text is Flying. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander and Pauper and 1 more format.
Conspiracy: Take the Crown is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released August 2016. Messenger Jays has 1 other card in the database, listed further down the page.
Flying Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for feather or quill. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each feather vote and draw a card for each quill vote. For each card drawn this way, discard a card.
Card details
- Card number
- 35
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 26 August 2016
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Creature — Bird
- Colour
- Blue
- Colour identity
- Blue
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Messenger Jays
Messenger Jays in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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