---
name: "Monastery Messenger"
mana_cost: "{2/U}{2/R}{2/W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Bird Scout"
colors: ["R", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Vigilance"]
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "208"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Forrest Imel"
oracle_id: "325b88e1-ec7f-4d22-887c-a7f18a868bb0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/monastery-messenger-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Monastery Messenger
- **Mana Cost:** `{2/U}{2/R}{2/W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, put up to one target noncreature, nonland card from your graveyard on top of your library.

> *Lanniao soared from Highspire Monastery all throughout Tarkir, carrying messages for monks and villagers alike.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Senate Courier](/printing/senate-courier-rna.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Strix Lookout](/printing/strix-lookout-fdn.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Courier Hawk](/printing/courier-hawk-cns.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Messenger Falcons](/printing/messenger-falcons-arb.md) — Creature — Bird
5. [Owlin Historian](/printing/owlin-historian-sos.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
6. [Shepherd of the Clouds](/printing/shepherd-of-the-clouds-otj.md) — Creature — Pegasus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #208
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Forrest Imel
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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