Messenger Jays
The List CN2-35 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- CN2-35
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Market price
- $0.46
What it does
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.
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
Messenger Jays was originally released in the 2016 Magic: The Gathering set Conspiracy: Take the Crown. The card was designed to support the set's unique draft-focused mechanics, specifically interacting with the Monarch mechanic, which encourages shifting player control of the game state. It was illustrated by artist Jack Wang, who utilized a soft, atmospheric style to capture the avian theme of the card within the high-fantasy aesthetic of the plane of Fiora.
As part of The List, this card reappeared in later sets as a curated reprint intended to provide players with access to older utility cards. Within the context of the Conspiracy expansion, the card was received as a functional tool for deck thinning and hand management. Its inclusion in The List serves to preserve its availability for casual and limited play environments, maintaining its status as a reliable, if understated, piece of the broader Magic: The Gathering card catalog.
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About Messenger Jays
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