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Celestial Messenger

Magic: The GatheringCore Set 2020#287

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Core Set 2020M20 · #287

Card type: Creature — Bird Spirit
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.20 € · 0.10 $
Mana value: 4
Power: 3
Toughness: 2
Colour: Blue

Card text

Flash (You may cast this card any time you could cast an instant.) Flying This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Yanling planeswalker.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PioneerLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Daniel Ljunggren
Card language: English
Release date: 2019-07-12

Flavour text

"It soars on the winds of dreams." —Mu Yanling

Rulings

2019-07-12

Because damage remains marked on a creature until it's removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Celestial Messenger may become lethal if your Yanling planeswalker leaves the battlefield during that turn.