Stormwatch Eagle
Creature — Bird
Flying
Sacrifice a land: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #30486
Stormwatch Eagle is a 3/2 flier for four mana with a drawback — you must return a land to your hand each upkeep or sacrifice it. The cost makes it unplayable in nearly every context where a 3/2 flier for four already struggles to earn a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Stormwatch Eagle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not a recommendation. In Pauper, where efficient commons define the format, a four-mana 3/2 with a mandatory land-bounce drawback is miles below the power floor. In Commander, 99-card singleton demands every slot justify itself — a creature this fragile and this mana-inefficient has no competitive case. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for obvious reasons.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Stormwatch Eagle sits firmly in bulk territory. Bulk prices reflect bulk demand, and nothing about the card's design suggests that changes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.