Carrier Pigeons
Alliances 1b • common
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 1b
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Pat Lewis
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"It's true I ask no fealty of the flocks—but surely we are more than mere beasts."— King Darien of Kjeldor, in a missive to General Varchild
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Carrier Pigeons was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore the political and military tensions within the game's lore, focusing on the strategic conflict between the forces of Lim-Dûl and the Kjeldoran alliance. The card served as a blue-aligned utility piece, reflecting the set's emphasis on card advantage and information gathering during a period when the game was rapidly expanding its mechanical complexity.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Heather Hudson, whose work defined much of the aesthetic of mid-nineties Magic. Her design for the card sought to capture the utility of avian messengers within a high-fantasy, snow-covered landscape, adhering to the cohesive, painterly style that characterized the era. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, if modest, addition to blue decks, remembered today primarily for its classic, evocative art style rather than its competitive dominance.
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