
Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying, vigilance, ward
Shiva's Aid — When Hraesvelgr enters and whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
"Never shall our grief be assuaged nor our loss forgotten."
5 / 5
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Combat Research
- Consider
- Astrologian's Planisphere
- Dragonologist
- The Key to the Vault
- Opt
- Iymrith, Desert Doom
- Starwinder
- Preordain
- Fireshrieker
- Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
- Slip Out the Back
- Winged Words
- Sword of the Animist
- Shore Up
- Ponder
- Bident of Thassa
- Marang River Regent
- Aetherize
- Curiosity
- Enduring Curiosity
- Serum Visions
- Magic Damper
- Genji Glove
- Drake Hatcher
- Roiling Dragonstorm
- Transcendent Dragon
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Sword Coast Serpent
- Combat Tutorial
- Ancient Silver Dragon
- Voracious Bibliophile
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Wizard's Staff
- Leyline Axe
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Archmage of Runes
- Dirgur Island Dragon
- Hammerhead Tyrant
- Eel Umbra
- Archmage Emeritus
- Will of the Temur
- Sapphire Dragon
- Young Blue Dragon
- Haughty Djinn
- Lapis Orb of Dragonkind
- Blackblade Reforged
- Commander's Plate
- Kairi, the Swirling Sky
- Draconic Lore
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Island
- Sol Ring
- Arcane Signet
- Counterspell
- Sapphire Medallion
- Thought Vessel
- Aetherize
- Opt
- Ponder
- Brainstorm
- Reliquary Tower
- Pongify
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Preordain
- High Tide
- Consider
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Combat Research
- Mind Stone
- Propaganda
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Rapid Hybridization
- Frantic Search
- Negate
- Arcane Denial
- Reality Shift
- Archmage Emeritus
- Sky Diamond
- Bident of Thassa
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Astrologian's Planisphere
- Myriad Landscape
- Slip Out the Back
- Snap
- Fellwar Stone
- The Key to the Vault
- Dragonologist
- Fireshrieker
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Swan Song
- Starwinder
- Shore Up
- Serum Visions
- Sword of the Animist
- Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
- Archmage of Runes
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Iymrith, Desert Doom
- Winged Words
- Enduring Curiosity
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-06-06
Hraesvelgr's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
- 2025-06-06
Once a creature has been blocked, Hraesvelgr's last ability won't cause it to become unblocked.