Eagle Vision
Sorcery
Freerunning 
(You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Draw three cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4058
Eagle Vision digs four cards deep and lets you keep up to two of them — real selection, not just a peek — for just two mana if you control an Assassin. Outside that condition it costs four, which is where the card stops being interesting. The discount is everything, and Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the commander most likely to make it free-feeling every single game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the natural home: Eagle Vision costs two mana in a deck where Ezio guarantees an Assassin on the battlefield from turn two onward, making the discount trivially easy to unlock every game.
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton fills the battlefield with Assassin tokens, so Eagle Vision's condition is met the moment your commander connects — cheap digging that keeps the aggressive lines stocked.
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive cares about Assassins entering and attacking, so running Eagle Vision as cheap card selection fits naturally into a shell already built around keeping Assassins in play.
Basim Ibn Ishaq
Basim Ibn Ishaq generates Assassin tokens as a core function, which means Eagle Vision is consistently a two-mana spell that refills your hand mid-combo or mid-swing.
Ramses, Assassin Lord
Ramses, Assassin Lord lords over a creature type it actively wants in numbers, and Eagle Vision slots in as efficient card selection that's nearly always discounted in a deck optimized to keep multiple Assassins on board.
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 |
Commander is the format Eagle Vision was built for — Assassin tribal is a Commander phenomenon, and the two-mana mode is easy to access there in a way it simply isn't in older 1v1 formats. In Legacy and Vintage, paying four mana for see-four-keep-two is nowhere near competitive, and you're unlikely to have an Assassin reliably enough to count on the discount. Oathbreaker could make it work if the signature spell or planeswalker supports an Assassin theme, but the card sees essentially no play there in practice. Eagle Vision is a Commander-specific role-player, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Eagle Vision at the moment, so check your preferred retailer for a current figure. Given that it's a thematically narrow tribal card from a licensed crossover set with a real deck-building condition attached, it tends to stay affordable — pick it up if you're building Assassins without stressing the budget.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
- Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
- Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
- Basim Ibn Ishaq
- Ramses, Assassin Lord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.