Mockingbird
Mockingbird: Creature - Bird Bard, Bloomburrow. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Bird Bard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow (BLB)
- Released
- 2024-08-02
- Collector number
- 61
- Artist
- Aurore Folny
- Commander rank
- 732 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Mockingbird
Mockingbird is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Bloomburrow (BLB), an expansion set released in August 2024. It is collector number 61 in that set, with art by Aurore Folny. It costs {X}{U} (X and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
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!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.22 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mockingbird by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Mockingbird
Mockingbird has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB) #305 | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Promos (PBLB) #61p | Rare | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Promos (PBLB) #61s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Mockingbird, newest first.
- If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- 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.
- If the copied creature is copying something else, then Mockingbird enters as whatever that creature copied, with the noted exceptions.
- 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 is a token, Mockingbird copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, 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.
- Mockingbird’s second ability counts all mana spent to cast Mockingbird, not just mana spent on {X}. If there are any additional costs to cast it, the mana spent to pay those costs counts as well.
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