Crosstown Courier
Creature — Vedalken
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills that many cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #23972
Crosstown Courier mills an opponent for one card every time it deals combat damage to a player — the effect is real, the body is not. A 2/1 for two mana in blue is tolerable, but this only belongs in a deck that's actively winning through mill.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crosstown Courier is a fringe piece in dedicated mill strategies, and Commander is its most plausible home only if your entire plan is milling all three opponents — a tall order when each player starts at 99 cards. In Pauper, it competes in an actual mill archetype where commons like this see real consideration, though faster options typically edge it out. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage all have access to strictly stronger mill payoffs, so Crosstown Courier doesn't register in those formats. Play it in Commander only under a mill-focused commander where redundancy matters more than raw power.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Crosstown Courier is deep bulk — you're not paying for it, you're finding it in a trade binder. That price reflects its limited ceiling accurately; don't expect it to appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.