The Lord of the Eagles
Legendary Creature — Bird Noble
Flash
This spell costs 
less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control with flying.
Flying
The ancient Eagles of the northern mountains were proud, strong, and noble-hearted—the greatest of all birds.
8 / 8
- Set
- The Hobbit (HOB #46)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 9
- Released
- 2026-08-14
- Artist
- Zezhou Chen
- EDHREC rank
- #13,512
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
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.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2026-06-29
Once a player has announced that they are casting The Lord of the Eagles, no player may take actions to try and change the power of creatures its controller controls before that spell's cost is locked in.
- 2026-06-29
The cost reduction ability reduces only the generic mana in the cost to cast The Lord of the Eagles. The colored mana must still be paid.
- 2026-06-29
The total cost to cast The Lord of the Eagles is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control three flying creatures, each with power 2, including one you can sacrifice to add
, the total cost of The Lord of the Eagles is 
. Then you can sacrifice the creature as you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost. - 2026-06-29
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Lord of the Eagles). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.