Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles

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Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles: Legendary Creature - Bird Noble, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{W}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Bird Noble
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
15
Artist
Jesper Ejsing
Commander rank
5,973 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles

Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 15 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. It costs {4}{W} (four generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.49 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever Gwaihir attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this token attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.49 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #417Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #99Rare2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles, newest first.

  • Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles's ability looks at how much life you've gained in the turn, even if it wasn't on the battlefield when you gained life. It doesn't care if you also lost life, even if you lost more life than you gained.
  • You create just one Bird token, no matter how much life you've gained past 3 life.
  • If you haven't gained 3 or more life by the time an end step begins, Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles's ability won't trigger at all.

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