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Creature — Bird
Flying
{tap}: Add one mana of any color.
0/1
Details
- Rarity
- Rare
- First printed
- Fourth Edition
- Released
- 1995-04-01
- Artist
- Mark Poole, Edward P. Beard, Jr., Marcelo Vignali, Eli, age 8, Ben Wootten, Kevin Sidharta, Javier Charro, Kemonomichi, Takotto, MSCHF, Darrell Riche, Andrea Radeck, age 35, Terese Nielsen, Ovidio Cartagena
- Printings
- 45
Prices
- Cheapest legal
- $7.07
- Cheapest foil
- $12.90
TCGplayer market via Scryfall, 2026-10-18; cheapest tournament-legal paper printing.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Birds of Paradise (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 8.7%
- +2.6 ppup 42.5% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 8.8%
- −0.0 ppflat over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 364
- 100% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 3.9
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Full English Breakfast99% of lists · 141
- Survival84% of lists · 100
- Elves50% of lists · 43
- Unclassified9% of lists · 35
- Aluren53% of lists · 19
- The Rock13% of lists · 13
Often played with
Cards most played alongside Birds of Paradise in its top archetypes over the last 90 days: Full English Breakfast (99%), Survival (84%), Elves (50%).
In our decks
Printings (45)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap the thumbnail to preview a printing; tap the set name to see all cards in that set.
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Limited Edition Alpha #186Limited Edition Alpha | #186 | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Limited Edition Beta #187Limited Edition Beta | #187 | $1000.00 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Unlimited Edition #187Unlimited Edition | #187 | $275.00 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Revised Edition #187Revised Edition | #187 | $30.43 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Foreign Black Border #187Foreign Black Border | #187 | $237.50 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Summer Magic / Edgar #187Summer Magic / Edgar | #187 | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #234Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border | #234 | $159.99 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Fourth Edition #234Fourth Edition | #234 | $18.56 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Fifth Edition #280Fifth Edition | #280 | $14.28 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Classic Sixth Edition #217Classic Sixth Edition | #217 | $18.57 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Seventh Edition #231Seventh Edition | #231 | $23.07 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Seventh Edition #231★Seventh Edition | #231★ | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Eighth Edition #233Eighth Edition | #233 | $14.19 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Eighth Edition #233★Eighth Edition | #233★ | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Ravnica: City of Guilds #153Ravnica: City of Guilds | #153 | $14.33 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Tenth Edition #252Tenth Edition | #252 | $12.41 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Tenth Edition #252★Tenth Edition | #252★ | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Magic 2010 #168Magic 2010 | #168 | $12.42 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Magic 2011 Promos #165★Magic 2011 Promos | #165★ | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Magic 2011 #165Magic 2011 | #165 | $12.25 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Magic 2012 #165Magic 2012 | #165 | $12.64 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Conspiracy: Take the Crown #176Conspiracy: Take the Crown | #176 | $12.11 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — RNA Guild Kit #82RNA Guild Kit | #82 | $11.07 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — The List #CN2-176The List | #CN2-176 | $12.02 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Secret Lair Drop #92Secret Lair Drop | #92 | $16.54 |
Show 20 more printings
| Printing | Set | USD |
|---|---|---|
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Secret Lair Drop #176Secret Lair Drop | #176 | $13.30 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Secret Lair Drop #1147Secret Lair Drop | #1147 | $14.37 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Secret Lair Drop #1148Secret Lair Drop | #1148 | $23.45 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Dominaria Remastered #151Dominaria Remastered | #151 | $11.72 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Dominaria Remastered #336Dominaria Remastered | #336 | $11.19 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Dominaria Remastered #439Dominaria Remastered | #439 | $11.28 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Tales of Middle-earth Commander #235Tales of Middle-earth Commander | #235 | $12.87 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Ravnica Remastered #133Ravnica Remastered | #133 | $15.32 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Ravnica Remastered #344Ravnica Remastered | #344 | $12.24 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Ravnica Remastered #344zRavnica Remastered | #344z | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Ravnica Remastered #432Ravnica Remastered | #432 | $14.32 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Bloomburrow Commander #81Bloomburrow Commander | #81 | $14.72 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Final Fantasy Commander #483Final Fantasy Commander | #483 | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Marvel Super Heroes Commander #170Marvel Super Heroes Commander | #170 | $7.07 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Marvel Super Heroes Commander #377Marvel Super Heroes Commander | #377 | $11.60 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — The Zeta Set #71The Zeta Set | #71 | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — The Zeta Set #192The Zeta Set | #192 | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — The Zeta Set #313The Zeta Set | #313 | — |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — Foundations Commander #191Foundations Commander | #191 | $8.12 |
 Preview Birds of Paradise — The List #GK2-82The List | #GK2-82 | — |
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