Canal Courier
Creature — Human Rogue
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
Whenever this creature and another creature attack different players, this creature can't be blocked this combat.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23259
Canal Courier draws you a card every combat as long as you're the monarch — and it makes you the monarch the turn it enters, so the engine starts immediately. A 4/4 for five mana is a fair body, but the real cost is that handing out the monarch also hands your opponents a reason to attack you.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Canal Courier actually has a home: multiplayer combat means opponents fight each other for the crown, and a 4/4 blocker can hold the throne long enough to string together several draw triggers. In Pauper it's a legal common, but the monarch mechanic is slower to leverage in a two-player game where your opponent is the only one who can steal it back. Legacy and Vintage can run it but have no reason to — the card is too slow and too fragile for those formats. Canal Courier is, plainly, a Commander card that happens to be printed at common.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Canal Courier is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Bulk rares fluctuate; bulk commons like this one don't, so don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.