| Name | Stirring Hopesinger  |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — bird bard |
| Description | 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. |
| Flavor | Though not all her students have wings, she's determined to help them reach new heights. |
| Artist | Cristi Balanescu |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #35 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Stirring Hopesinger, Creature — bird bard, designed by Cristi Balanescu first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven and was printed exactly in 2 different ways.
**Stirring Hopesinger** would fit best in a white-based spells-matter or Heroic-style deck, particularly one that plays lots of cheap instants and sorceries that target creatures (combat tricks, protection spells, pump spells), since its Repartee ability turns every targeted spell into a team-wide permanent anthem via +1/+1 counters. It would also work well in go-wide token strategies that run protection like *Gods Willing* or *Sheltering Light*, letting those spells double as mass growth effects, and it synergizes strongly with cards like *Monastery Mentor* or *Clarion Spirit* that reward spellcasting. That said, at three mana and requiring setup, it competes with stronger and more immediate anthem engines like *Cathars' Crusade* (far more explosive scaling), *Adeline, Resplendent Cathar* (aggressive board pressure without setup), or even *Leonin Lightscribe* (which provides immediate pump on each spell cast). In most competitive formats it would likely be fringe unless a dedicated wh
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