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Ornithopter of Paradise
Price$0.39 – $0.77
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Ornithopter of Paradise

{2}

Artifact Creature — Thopter

LegalRampRank #227

Flying

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

0/2

KeywordsFlying

Why is this card good?

Ornithopter of Paradise is a colorless mana fixer that goes in basically any deck, which is exactly why it's so popular. Being colorless means it slots into mono-color decks, five-color brews, and everything between — it fixes any color regardless of your commander's identity. The flying body is the real selling point over alternatives like Manalith or a basic mana rock. It can chump-block evasive threats, carry equipment, enable Skullclamp draws, and serve as an artifact for affinity/improvise/sacrifice synergies. That makes it a genuine upgrade for artifact decks, aristocrats (a free sac fodder body that fixes mana), and +1/+1 counter or anthem builds where a 0/2 flier becomes relevant. The downside: it taps for mana, so a turn-2 play that dies to a stiff breeze isn't accelerating you onto a turn-3 bomb — it's just fixing. In fast, cutthroat tables you'd rather run a Signet or a true ramp rock. Skip it in greedy fast-mana shells or decks that just want pure acceleration; play it when the flying body or artifact synergy earns its keep.

Related cards

ManakinC

Cheap artifact creature that produces mana for ramp.

OrnithopterC

Other 0-cost flying thopter for artifact synergies.

Birds of ParadiseG

Classic any-color mana-producing creature with flying.

Sky DiamondU

Two-mana artifact ramp in similar slot.

Chromatic LanternC

Artifact that fixes any color of mana.

ManalithC

Artifact tapping for any color.

Coalition RelicC

Flexible any-color artifact mana rock.

Gilded LotusC

Powerful any-color artifact mana source.

Printings (7)

drcAetherdrift Commander · #133C$0.45Buy
j25Foundations Jumpstart · #153C$0.43Buy
blcBloomburrow Commander · #281C$0.50Buy
plstThe List · #MH2-232C$0.39Buy
cmmCommander Masters · #966C$0.77Buy
mh2Modern Horizons 2 · #430C$0.43Buy
mh2Modern Horizons 2 · #232C$0.39Buy

Played by these commanders

Zhulodok, Void Gorger100% of 1
Zinnia, Valley's Voice100% of 1
Saheeli, Radiant Creator100% of 1

Combos (3)

  • Ashnod the Uncaring + Apprentice Necromancer + Teardrop Kami + Ornithopter of Paradise

    → Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB

  • Errant and Giada + Mortuary + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Ornithopter of Paradise

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite death triggers, Infinite LTB

  • Errant and Giada + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Ornithopter of Paradise

    → Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB

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