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The Lunar Whale

Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

Flying
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
As long as The Lunar Whale attacked this turn, you may play the top card of your library.
Crew 1

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Final Fantasy Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#11560
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The Lunar Whale card art
The Lunar Whale lands as a massive flying body that also sets up your next draws — pair it with Sensei's Divining Top and you're sculpting your hand while threatening the board. The cost is real, but Miles "Tails" Prower decks are already running it in over half their lists, which says everything about how well it fits that engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Miles "Tails" Prower

Miles "Tails" Prower

52.8% of decks · synergy 0.52

Miles "Tails" Prower pulls The Lunar Whale into over 52% of its builds because the Whale feeds directly into the top-of-library manipulation and artifact synergies that make that commander tick — it's not a flex slot, it's a core piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

The Lunar Whale is legal across every major constructed format — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but it's Commander where it actually shows up in practice. Constructed formats at faster speeds have little patience for a high-mana flying creature when cheaper threats exist, so the Whale is almost entirely a multiplayer card. In Commander, the combination of a large evasive body and the card-selection effect is exactly the kind of value engine that justifies the slot in the right shell.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for The Lunar Whale isn't currently available through this database, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live figure before buying. Given its strong inclusion rate in Miles "Tails" Prower lists, demand is real — don't assume it's bulk.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.