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The Lord of the Eagles

rare Legendary Creature — Bird Noble

This spell costs less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control with .

Flying

C- Grade from the win rate

Win rate when drawn 53.1% −3.1 vs average 3,125 games

Win rates and picks

50.8% 6,341 games
Average pick ()
5.2

By deck

  • Draw Two 54.2% 2,118 games

Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).

Reviews

I really love cards like this. The Lord of the Eagles is obviously very powerful if you can cast it. An 8/8 with will win the game in no time, and it even has so that it can eat an attacking creature. However, we need to build around it to make it work, because 9 mana is absurdly expensive. A single flier with 3 power turns this into a , and already I'm happy with that. Add in some more and we might even get it down to as cheap as 4, 3, or even 2, and at that point this card is ridiculously broken. You'll need to make sure your deck has enough flying creatures to support this, but if it does, then you're really in for a treat.

I've yet to open a Sealed pool with The Lord of the Eagles and more than one Long Lake Nuisance. In Draft though, you can speculate on this if it gets passed to you, since it should be easier to pick up Nuisances and Butterflies. It's large enough to be worth the effort, and Nuisance is a solid card on its own anyways.

The Lord of the Eagles: 8/8 ,discounted by fliers. Consider it when you see Long Lake Nuisance and up.

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

  • Draw Two Finisher

    This 9-mana 8/8 costs X less, where X is the total power of your creatures with flying. Common fliers are scarce here, so with one Long Lake Nuisance out it still costs 6.

    How to play it

    Get several on the battlefield first (Long Lake Nuisance, Birds from The Eagles Are Coming!, a creature wearing Eagle's Rescue). It has , so when the discount is big, cast it during their combat and ambush an attacker.

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