Messenger Jays
~$0.16 low · ~$0.69 high
Blue. Creature — Bird
Conspiracy: Take the Crown #35 · Illustrated by Lars Grant-West
Conspiracy: Take the Crown #35 · Illustrated by Lars Grant-WestWhat is Messenger Jays worth?
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Oracle text
Flying
Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for feather or quill. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each feather vote and draw a card for each quill vote. For each card drawn this way, discard a card.
2/1
Format legality
All 2 printings of Messenger Jays
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The List plst #CN2-35· 2019common· Cardmarket €0.17 | common | $0.46 | No foil printing | €0.17 | |
 Conspiracy: Take the Crown cn2 #35· 2016common· Cardmarket €0.14 · €0.45 foil | common | $0.16 | $0.69 | €0.14€0.45 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #14,898 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying, Council's dilemma
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Conspiracy: Take the Crown card (#35).
035 · CN2 · C · EN
- 035Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- CN2Set code for Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (7)
2016-08-23
No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
2016-08-23
If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council’s dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won’t generate an effect.
2016-08-23
Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council’s dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.
2016-08-23
You must vote for one of the available options. You can’t abstain.
2016-08-23
Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
2016-08-23
Players can’t do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.
2016-08-23
The effects of each council’s dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.
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