Noctis, Prince of Lucis
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
Lifelink
You may cast artifact spells from your graveyard by paying 3 life in addition to paying their other costs. If you cast a spell this way, that artifact enters with a finality counter on it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #8666
Noctis, Prince of Lucis lands and immediately starts converting spellcasting into life gain, which feeds payoffs like Aetherflux Reservoir without requiring any additional setup. The cost is that his full ceiling lives inside Noctis, Heir Apparent builds — outside of that shell, the effect is solid but not exceptional.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Noctis, Heir Apparent
Noctis, Heir Apparent is purpose-built around the Prince — Noctis, Prince of Lucis slots in as a core life-gain engine that directly fuels the storm-style and lifegain payoffs the deck is trying to assemble.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Noctis, Prince of Lucis — 100-card singleton gives him enough spell volume to make the life-gain accumulation meaningful, and multiplayer games run long enough to cash it in. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Standard he's legal but faces real competition from dedicated lifegain pieces that either gain more life or come with a body that does something else when the engine sputters. Legacy and Vintage have the raw speed to ignore him entirely. Oathbreaker is a reasonable secondary home if you pair him with a planeswalker that rewards spell-dense lines.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Noctis, Prince of LucisAetherflux ReservoirVexing Bauble
Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Noctis, Prince of LucisAetherflux ReservoirSolemnityLotus Petal
Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Noctis, Prince of LucisAetherflux ReservoirHex ParasiteLotus Petal
Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Noctis, Prince of LucisAetherflux ReservoirSolemnityMishra's Bauble
Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count; Infinite card draw at the beginning of the next upkeep; Infinite draw triggers at the beginning of the next upkeep
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Noctis, Prince of LucisAetherflux ReservoirMox Diamond
Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Noctis, Prince of Lucis sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card with genuine Commander applications. Bulk rares with a focused spike audience tend to stay flat unless demand concentrates, so don't expect movement, but at this price there's no reason not to pick up copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.