Carrier Pigeons
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #27949
Carrier Pigeons costs four mana to put a 1/1 flier into play and draw a card on upkeep — once, if it survives. Four mana for a vanilla 1/1 with a delayed, fragile cantrip is not a competitive rate in any format that has better options.
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 |
Carrier Pigeons is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, the bar for a four-mana play is high — you need immediate impact or a repeatable engine, and Carrier Pigeons offers neither. Pauper is the one format where commons get a fair shake, but even there the card draw is conditional on surviving to your next upkeep, which is a lot to ask of a 1/1. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this card whatsoever.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Carrier Pigeons is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. The price reflects exactly what the card is worth competitively, and there's no trajectory that changes that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.