Messenger Falcons
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #27221
Messenger Falcons is a four-mana 2/2 flier that draws a card on entry — passable stats with a decent upside, but Commander has long outgrown paying four mana for that rate. Better draw-on-a-stick creatures and artifacts exist at every price point, and Messenger Falcons rarely makes the cut in a tuned list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Messenger Falcons faces brutal competition — Mulldrifter does the same job for the same mana, at instant speed if you need it, and can be evoked for two. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern allow it, but no competitive shell there wants a four-mana 2/2 with a single card draw attached; the formats have moved far past that baseline. Messenger Falcons is a card that exists comfortably in precon-level Commander and casual kitchen-table games, where the tempo bar is lower and a flying body with card draw feels like a fair deal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Messenger Falcons sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is too low and supply too abundant for any upward movement. It's an essentially free inclusion if you already own a copy, but there's no reason to seek it out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.