Circling Vultures WTH

Card

id	104046
artist	Una Fricker
artistIds	0471a371-1bf8-49f2-8e76-cbe3a0bfa7e8
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	B
colorIndicator
colors	B
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	23890
edhrecSaltiness	0.38
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faceName
finishes	nonfoil
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flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion	1997
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Flying
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{B}
manaValue	1
name	Circling Vultures
number	64
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Flying During your upkeep, remove the top creature card in your graveyard from the game or bury Circling Vultures. If Circling Vultures is in your hand, you may discard it. Play this ability as an instant.
otherFaceIds
power	3
printings	WTH
promoTypes
rarity	uncommon
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp
setCode	WTH
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signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['9133952a-7fae-56e7-ac50-a7cbaadfcfa7']}
subsets
subtypes	Bird
supertypes
text	Flying You may discard this card any time you could cast an instant. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.
toughness	2
type	Creature — Bird
types	Creature
uuid	b7d9ee60-5f59-5173-b3d5-61b32d0debaf
variations
watermark
setName	Weatherlight

Identifiers

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mcmId	8574
mcmMetaId	1001
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multiverseId	4452
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Legalities

id	104046
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh	Legal
premodern	Legal
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	b7d9ee60-5f59-5173-b3d5-61b32d0debaf
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	104046
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/40f20865939f0bf6
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket	https://mtgjson.com/links/2e5e4386a3bb3303
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/1ee09a95f78d5856
tcgplayerEtched
uuid	b7d9ee60-5f59-5173-b3d5-61b32d0debaf

Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	type	text
French	Vautours tournoyants
German	Kreisende Geier	Beschwörung von Vögeln	Fliegend Entferne während Deiner Versorgungsphase die oberste Kreaturenkarte Deines Friedhofs ganz aus dem Spiel oder begrabe die Kreisenden Geier. Wenn die Kreisenden Geier auf Deiner Hand sind, kannst Du sie abwerfen. Spiele diese Fähigkeit wie einen Spontanzauber.
Italian	Avvoltoi Volteggianti
Japanese	待ち受ける禿鷹
Portuguese (Brazil)	Abutres Circulantes
Spanish	Buitres al acecho

Rulings

date	text
2008-04-01	Circling Vultures's discard ability is a static ability, not an activated ability. Although it acts like an activated ability that says "Discard Circling Vultures: Nothing happens," it is not one and cards like Pithing Needle or Abeyance won't prevent you from being able to discard it.
2008-04-01	If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.
2008-04-01	If the creature is no longer on the battlefield when the ability resolves, you may still perform the action if you want.
2008-04-01	Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards. This is a little-known rule because new cards that care about graveyard order haven't been printed in years.
2008-04-01	Say you're the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that's attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma's Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they're put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it's put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.
2008-04-01	The "top" card of your graveyard is the card that was put there most recently.
2008-04-01	The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it's put into its owner's graveyard. —Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.
2008-04-01	When the ability resolves, you choose whether to sacrifice the creature or perform the other action. If you can't perform the other action, then you must sacrifice the creature.