Messenger Jays 
Creature — Bird2/1
Oracle text (EN)
Creature — Bird
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.
Printing details
- Set
- PLST · CN2-35
- Rarity
- Common
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Released
- 2019-11-07
- Prices
- €0.16 · $0.47
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
Show the data
| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2026 | €0.16 | €0.11 |
| October 29, 2026 | €0.15 | €0.11 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.18 | €0.11 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low – trend €0.16 30-day avg €0.13 | low – trend €0.00 30-day avg – |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.11 with Zero from €0.16 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.11 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Nov 3, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
Buy and look up
Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Not legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Not legal
Rulings
-
Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
-
Players can’t do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
You must vote for one of the available options. You can’t abstain.
-
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.