Circling Vultures
~$0.32 TCGplayer
Black. Creature — Bird
Weatherlight #64 · Illustrated by Una Fricker
Weatherlight #64 · Illustrated by Una FrickerWhat is Circling Vultures worth?
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Oracle text
Flying
You may discard this card any time you could cast an instant.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.
3/2
Format legality
The only printing of Circling Vultures
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Weatherlight wth #64· 1997uncommon· Cardmarket €0.30 | uncommon | $0.32 | €0.30 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1997
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #26,375 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying
- Artist
- Una Fricker
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Weatherlight card (#64).
Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Circling Vultures, read from the Weatherlight printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Circling Vultures. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 1: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Bird is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Power / toughness
- 3/2: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Una Fricker. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Weatherlight. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
- Artist
- Una Fricker, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- FlyingCR 702.9
- It can be blocked only by creatures with flying or reach.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (8)
2008-04-01
Say you're the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that's attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma's Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they're put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it's put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.
2008-04-01
If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.
2008-04-01
The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it's put into its owner's graveyard. —Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.
2008-04-01
When the ability resolves, you choose whether to sacrifice the creature or perform the other action. If you can't perform the other action, then you must sacrifice the creature.
2008-04-01
Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards. This is a little-known rule because new cards that care about graveyard order haven't been printed in years.
2008-04-01
The "top" card of your graveyard is the card that was put there most recently.
2008-04-01
Circling Vultures's discard ability is a static ability, not an activated ability. Although it acts like an activated ability that says "Discard Circling Vultures: Nothing happens," it is not one and cards like Pithing Needle or Abeyance won't prevent you from being able to discard it.
2008-04-01
If the creature is no longer on the battlefield when the ability resolves, you may still perform the action if you want.
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