River Hoopoe
Hour of Devastation 143 • uncommon
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 143
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · Blue
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Flying
3 generic mana green mana blue mana: You gain 2 life and draw a card.
"It's a cruel thing to give such a sad song to such a colorful creature."— Sana, former Ahn-crop initiate
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
River Hoopoe was released in 2017 as part of the Hour of Devastation expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set is themed around the desert plane of Amonkhet and the catastrophic return of the elder dragon Nicol Bolas. The card was designed to function within the set’s mechanics, which emphasize themes of life-gain and resource management, fitting the Nile-inspired aesthetic of the region's riverlands.
The artwork was created by illustrator Deruchenko Alexander, who captured the creature in a vibrant, stylized manner consistent with the set's high-fantasy, Egyptian-mythology-inspired art direction. Within the game's competitive landscape, the card was noted by players as a solid inclusion for 'Limited' formats, particularly in Simic-colored decks, due to its ability to provide consistent card advantage and life-gain in the mid-to-late game stages.
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