City Pigeon
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature leaves the battlefield, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Through the Omenpaths
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14136
City Pigeon is a 1/1 flyer for one white mana — fine stats, no text, nothing that changes a board state. It occupies the same slot as Cauldron Familiar without the sacrifice synergy, the recursion, or any reason to run it over a dozen better one-drops.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
City Pigeon is legal everywhere but doesn't have a home in any competitive list. In Commander, a 1/1 flyer with no text is filler — 99-card decks can't afford slots this thin. In Pauper or Standard, the one-drop slot is too contested; every comparable creature at this cost either has a relevant ability or better stats. City Pigeon is strictly a Limited card, and not a high pick even there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Cauldron FamiliarCity PigeonCloudstone CurioPhyrexian Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count; Infinite lifeloss
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for City Pigeon right now, but as a vanilla common it sits at bulk — expect under $0.25 at any retailer. There's no competitive demand driving this above bulk, so there's no urgency to pick it up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.