Council of Echoes

four generic mana one blue mana Creature — Spirit AdvisorPower and toughness4/4

Flying

Descend 4 — When this creature enters, if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, return up to one target nonland permanent other than this creature to its owner's hand.

The Komon Winaq, ancestors of the Oltec, linger on as the eldest of the Echoes.

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Council of Echoes rulings

2023-11-10
Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
2023-11-10
Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.

Council of Echoes keyword rules

Flying Rule 702.9

Flying is an evasion ability.

A creature with flying can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying and/or reach. A creature with flying can block a creature with or without flying. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step,” and rule , “Reach.”)

Multiple instances of flying on the same creature are redundant.