Stirring Hopesinger
Stirring Hopesinger: Creature - Bird Bard, Secrets of Strixhaven. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Bird Bard
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 35
- Artist
- Cristi Balanescu
- Keywords
- Flying, Lifelink, Repartee
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About Stirring Hopesinger
Stirring Hopesinger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), an expansion set released in April 2026. It is collector number 35 in that set, with art by Cristi Balanescu. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying, lifelink
Repartee - Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Though not all her students have wings, she's determined to help them reach new heights.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Stirring Hopesinger 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Stirring Hopesinger
Stirring Hopesinger has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Promos (PSOS) #35p | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #314 | Rare | 2026 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Stirring Hopesinger, newest first.
- It doesn't matter if the creature or creatures targeted by the spell that caused the repartee ability to trigger leave the battlefield or stop being creatures before that spell resolves. As long as that spell targeted one or more creatures when it was cast, the repartee ability will trigger and later resolve.
- A repartee ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
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