Distant Melody
Morningtide 32 • common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Collector number
- 32
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Omar Rayyan
- Market price
- $0.45
What it does
Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.
Oona's song is like a twisted dinner chime. All the faeries return home, but it is Oona who feasts—on the stolen dreams and rumors they serve her.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Distant Melody was released in February 2008 as part of the Morningtide expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a tribal-themed set, Morningtide focused on the synergy between creature types, and this card was designed as a blue sorcery to provide card advantage based on the number of creatures a player controls of a chosen type. It fits into the set's broader goal of reinforcing the power of racial unity in gameplay, encouraging players to build decks around specific tribes like elves, goblins, or merfolk.
The artwork was commissioned from Omar Rayyan, an artist known for his distinctively whimsical and classic illustrative style. Rayyan utilized his signature approach, which often evokes the atmosphere of old-world storybooks and folklore, to depict a group of figures harmonizing in a mystical environment. The design was received well for its ability to bridge the gap between mechanical utility and the flavor-forward identity of the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block, successfully evoking a sense of communal magic.
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