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Monastery Messenger TDM 0208 · common

Monastery Messenger · {2/U}{2/R}{2/W} · Creature — Bird Scout · Flying, vigilance When this creature enters, put up to one target noncreature, nonland card from your graveyard on top of your library. · Power / toughness: 2/3 · Lanniao soared from Highspire Monastery all throughout Tarkir, carrying messages for monks and villagers alike.

Monastery Messenger · {2/U}{2/R}{2/W} · Creature — Bird Scout · Flying, vigilance When this creature enters, put up to one target noncreature, nonland card from your graveyard on top of your library. · Power / toughness: 2/3 · Lanniao soared from Highspire Monastery all throughout Tarkir, carrying messages for monks and villagers alike.

Price
from $0.111 printing
Win rate
53.2% GIH 27,669 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 14,714 wins in 27,669 card-in-hand instances.

25,072 distinct games · 8,816 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

53.2%when drawn (GIH)

−1.8 pp vs 55.0% average · 27,669 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

#193 of 252 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.2 on average (217,031 packs).

59 of 71 multicolor cards · 4 of 5 multicolor common cards.

Taken at pick10.429,006 picks
Makes the deck38.5%29,006 picks with known usage
When played52.5%58,441.6 matchesBenched 54.7%
88,702.4 matches
When drawn53.2%27,669 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 49.4% · 10,393 instances
● Drawn later 55.5% · 17,276 instances

In hand 53.2% · 27,669 instances
Unseen in deck 52.3% · 33,820 instances
+0.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn53.2%27,669 instances59 of 71
Opening hand49.4%10,393 instances64 of 70
Drawn later55.5%17,276 instances53 of 71
In the deck52.8%62,255 instances60 of 71
Without seeing it52.3%33,820 instances41 of 71
Improvement when drawn+0.9 pp27,669 instances / 33,820 instances56 of 71
When benched54.7%88,702.4 matches24 of 71
Makes the deck38.5%29,006 picks with known usage66 of 71
Pick (last seen)7.2217,031 packs69 of 71
Taken at10.429,006 picks69 of 71

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Two Spells UR50.0%4 instances · under 100Go Wide Tokens RW47.5%40 instances · under 100White–Blue WU42.9%14 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (53.2% · 27,669 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Jeskai Monument+4.3 pp14,895 games with both in the deck · 3,770 both drawnNarset's Rebuke+3.6 pp21,760 games with both in the deck · 5,872 both drawnRally the Monastery+4.6 pp8,850 games with both in the deck · 2,079 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 24% of 252 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TDM 0208 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.11
FoilPlay Booster$0.16

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Forrest Imel, TDM 208 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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