---
name: "Celestial Messenger"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Spirit"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "M20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020"
collector_number: "287"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "cf40caa2-cd5b-4372-ad4a-7f4cf564241e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/celestial-messenger-m20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Celestial Messenger
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle 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.

> *"그것은 꿈의 바람을 타고 날아오른다."
—무 얀링*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stormrider Spirit](/printing/stormrider-spirit-mid.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Nephalia Seakite](/printing/nephalia-seakite-dka.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [The Lord of the Eagles](/printing/the-lord-of-the-eagles-hob.md) — Legendary Creature — Bird Noble
4. [Cloaked Siren](/printing/cloaked-siren-cn2.md) — Creature — Siren
5. [Skyline Predator](/printing/skyline-predator-rtr.md) — Creature — Drake
6. [Spectral Sailor](/printing/spectral-sailor-fdn.md) — Creature — Spirit Pirate

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 (M20) #287
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`