Eagle of Deliverance
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
When this creature enters, put an indestructible counter on another target creature you control. Draw a card if that creature's power is 2 or less.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.90
- EDHREC rank
- #11613
Eagle of Deliverance lands as a 3/2 flier that puts a +1/+1 counter on another target creature when it attacks — solid tempo in the air, but four mana for a 3/2 is a steep ask outside of counter-synergy shells. Kastral, the Windcrested turns that triggered counter into a real payoff, and Myojin of Cryptic Dreams gives it a second life if you're running reuse effects, but in a vacuum this is a role-player, not a staple.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kastral, the Windcrested
Kastral, the Windcrested cares about creatures with +1/+1 counters gaining flying-adjacent bonuses, and Eagle of Deliverance delivers a counter to any target the moment it swings — making it a reliable trigger engine that also holds its own in the air.
Frodo, Sauron's Bane
Frodo, Sauron's Bane wants the Ring to tempt you repeatedly, and Eagle of Deliverance's attack trigger slots into aggressive, creature-forward builds that are already swinging every turn to accrue Ring progress.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Eagle of Deliverance is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the competitive non-rotating formats have no interest in it — a four-mana 3/2 with an incremental counter trigger doesn't clear the bar where Murktide Regent and Delver of Secrets exist. Commander is the only home where this card earns its slot, specifically in counter-synergy decks that can leverage the triggered ability across a long game. Oathbreaker is legal but similarly unforgiving on rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Myojin of Cryptic DreamsEagle of Deliverance
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite proliferate; Infinite copies of permanent spells you control
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Current price
$0.90 bulk tier
At $0.90, Eagle of Deliverance sits at the top of bulk rare pricing — cheap enough to slot in without hesitation if the synergy is there, but not a card with meaningful financial upside given its narrow role.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.