Messenger Jays

Messenger Jays

Creature — Bird

Mana cost: {4}{U}

How we read this card

Flying
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.

triggered — puts counters on it

triggered — draws you cards

triggered —

Causes: put a counter on anything, draw a card, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Bird attacks — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When Messenger Jays attacks:

  1. Hermes, Overseer of Elpis — scries
  2. Choco, Seeker of Paradise — puts a land onto the battlefield

a Bird creature is cast — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Chocobo Camp — When Messenger Jays is cast, it arrives with counters thanks to Chocobo Camp

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Bird deals combat damage — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Kastral, the Windcrested — When Messenger Jays deals combat damage, Kastral, the Windcrested triggers

a nontoken Bird enters the battlefield — 487 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Knightfisher — When Messenger Jays enters, Knightfisher makes a token

a Bird enters the battlefield — 538 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Salvation Swan — When Messenger Jays enters, Salvation Swan flickers a creature you control

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When Messenger Jays makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When Messenger Jays gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  6. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  7. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  8. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  10. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When Messenger Jays makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Messenger Jays gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Messenger Jays fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Messenger Jays puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Messenger Jays:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When Messenger Jays attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature

128 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Messenger Jays attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

199 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

When Messenger Jays enters:

  1. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — puts a counter on itself
  3. Lonis, Genetics Expert — puts a counter on itself
  4. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage

352 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Messenger Jays is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Messenger Jays enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

61 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.