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◇ Catalog #40

Syndicate Messenger

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#40·common·nonfoil

Illus. Viktor Titov

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #24,475 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Bird

Flying Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)

2/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 1

2019-01-25wotc

Because blockers are chosen all at once, you can’t block with a creature with afterlife, wait for it to die, then block with the resulting Spirit tokens.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #40 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Bird, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{W} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Afterlife.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #24,475 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Viktor Titov. Rarix catalogs 256 other cards credited to this artist.