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Dovescape

Enchantment

({W/U} can be paid with either {W} or {U}.)
Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, counter that spell. That player creates X 1/1 white and blue Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the spell's mana value.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{3}{W/U}{W/U}{W/U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
rare
Set
RNA Guild Kit
Price
$5.57
EDHREC rank
#11823
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Dovescape card art
Dovescape shuts down every noncreature spell at the table and replaces each one with a 1/1 Bird — a total lock when paired with Guile, which counters those same spells without letting the Birds even enter play. The six-mana investment is real, but the effect is a hard stop on all interaction, making it one of the most oppressive enchantments in white-blue.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Dovescape lives — a multiplayer table full of interaction and board wipes means every opponent feeds your Bird army every turn, and the enchantment's symmetry punishes spell-heavy decks more than creature-based ones. In Legacy and Vintage it's theoretically legal but laughably slow against degenerate turn-one setups; no serious list touches it. Modern is the same story: six mana for a lock piece arrives too late and dies to Boseiju or Force of Vigor before you untap. Dovescape is a Commander card, full stop.

Key Combos

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Dovescape doesn't have a true budget replacement — no other single card converts all noncreature spells into creatures — but Rule of Law and Arcane Laboratory get at half the effect by shutting players down to one spell per turn for under $3 combined. If the goal is Bird production specifically, Murmuring Mystic generates a Bird for every instant or sorcery you cast and costs under $1, though it ignores opponents' spells entirely.

Price Context

Current price

$5.57 mid tier

At $5.57, Dovescape sits in the mid tier — reasonable for a unique lock piece with no functional reprint. Demand is narrow but consistent: any Guile combo list or Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer-style lockdown build wants exactly one copy, which keeps the floor stable without much upside.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.