Senate Courier
Creature — Bird
Flying
: This creature gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #27764
Senate Courier is a 2/3 flyer with vigilance for three mana — passable stats, but nothing that pulls weight in any competitive context. Filler in Commander, filler everywhere else.
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 |
Senate Courier is outclassed in every format it's legal in. In Commander, a 2/3 vigilant flyer for three is too small to matter on a board with 40-life opponents and 100-card threats; there is no shell that wants this over a cheaper evasive threat or a creature that draws a card. In Pauper, where commons can actually see play, Senate Courier competes against more efficient flyers and loses — it doesn't block well enough to be a tempo piece and doesn't pressure fast enough to be an aggro piece. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern don't register it at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Senate Courier sits at the floor of bulk commons — you'll find it in any bulk box. There's no reason to expect that to change, and no scenario where acquiring one is a meaningful deck decision.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.