The Eagles Are Coming!

The Eagles Are Coming!

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

Kicker {2}{W}{W}
Choose target creature you own. If this spell was kicked, instead choose any number of target creatures you own. Return each chosen creature to your hand.

on-cast — bounce

At the beginning of the next upkeep, create a 4/4 white Bird Soldier creature token with flying for each creature returned to your hand this way.

triggered — makes a token

Causes: a creature leaves the battlefield, create a Bird creature token, create a Soldier creature token, put a Bird creature token onto the battlefield, put a Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, it triggers
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, it has the Ring tempt you

a Bird enters the battlefield — 538 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

  1. Salvation Swan — When a Bird enters thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Salvation Swan flickers a creature you control

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Soldier creature enters the battlefield — 1,279 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

  1. Veteran's Armaments — When a Soldier enters thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Veteran's Armaments triggers

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When a Bird or Soldier enters thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Eagles Are Coming! makes a Bird or Soldier token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When a Bird or Soldier enters thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When The Eagles Are Coming! makes a Bird or Soldier token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When The Eagles Are Coming! is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When a Bird or Soldier enters thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  4. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  5. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — deals 1 damage
  6. Sage of the Falls — draws you 1 card
  7. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

329 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Bird or Soldier enters thanks to The Eagles Are Coming!, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

38 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (The Eagles Are Coming! is one).

When The Eagles Are Coming! is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Master of Winds — triggers

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.