Mockingbird
Creature — Bird BardPower and toughness1/1
Card text
Flying
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield with mana value less than or equal to the amount of mana spent to cast this creature, except it's a Bird in addition to its other types and it has flying.
"Laughing at you? No, no, I'm laughing *as* you!"
Showing Bloomburrow#61
Price
3.45 $
Foil 5.33 $
14 printings · up to 6.37 $
Daily estimate from Scryfall, not a shop quote.
Mockingbird rulings
Mockingbird’s second ability counts all mana spent to cast Mockingbird, not just mana spent on
. If there are any additional costs to cast it, the mana spent to pay those costs counts as well.
Mockingbird copies exactly what was printed on the original creature, except it’s a Bird in addition to its other types and it has flying, and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
If the copied creature has
in its mana cost, X is 0.
If the copied creature is a token, Mockingbird copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the noted exceptions.
If the copied creature is copying something else, then Mockingbird enters as whatever that creature copied, with the noted exceptions.
Any “enters” abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Mockingbird enters. Any “as [this creature] enters” or “[this creature] enters with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.
You can choose not to have Mockingbird enter as a copy of another creature. If you do, it will just be a 1/1 Bird Bard creature with flying, an ability that didn’t do anything, and the opportunity for a good self-deprecating joke or two.
Mockingbird 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.
Mockingbird format legality
Constructed
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- Future StandardLegal
Eternal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
Commander
- CommanderLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHNot legal
Arena & online
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- BrawlLegal
- Standard BrawlLegal
- Competitive BrawlLegal
Other
- TLRLegal
All printings of Mockingbird 14
Cards similar to Mockingbird
Fledgling OspreyCreature — Bird
Finch FormationCreature — Bird Scout
Trained CondorCreature — Bird
Encouraging Aviator // Jump//
Creature — Bird Wizard // Instant
Mentor of Evos IsleCreature — Bird Wizard
Finch FormationToken Creature — Bird Scout
Zenith SeekerCreature — Bird Wizard
Windcaller AvenCreature — Bird Wizard
Crookclaw ElderCreature — Bird Wizard
Cloudfin RaptorCreature — Bird Mutant
Show 20 more similar cards
Aven EnvoyCreature — Bird Soldier
Silver RavenArtifact Creature — Bird
Artificer's AssistantCreature — Bird
Harrier StrixCreature — Bird
Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets//
Creature — Bird // Sorcery — Adventure
Zephyr GullCreature — Bird
Recycla-birdCreature — Bird
Hypnotic SirenEnchantment Creature — Siren
Lantern Bearer // Lanterns' LiftCreature — Spirit // Enchantment — Aura
Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm//
Creature — Merfolk Bard Wizard // Instant
Dukhara PeafowlArtifact Creature — Bird
Coastal HornclawCreature — Bird
BirdToken Creature — Bird
Sage OwlCreature — Bird
Ledger ShredderCreature — Bird Advisor
Zephyr FalconCreature — Bird
MindshriekerCreature — Spirit Bird
Palace FamiliarCreature — Bird
Augury OwlCreature — Bird
BirdToken Creature — Bird