Dreamtail Heron

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Dreamtail Heron: Creature - Elemental Bird, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Mutate 3U. Flying. Whenever this creature mutates, draw a card. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Elemental Bird
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Common
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
47
Artist
Caio Monteiro
Commander rank
6,770 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Mutate

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About Dreamtail Heron

Dreamtail Heron is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 47 in that set, with art by Caio Monteiro. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Mutate {3}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Flying

Whenever this creature mutates, draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dreamtail Heron by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dreamtail Heron

Dreamtail Heron has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #IKO-47Common2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80957Common2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #284Common2020

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