---
name: "Eagles of the North"
mana_cost: "{5}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Bird Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Plainscycling", "Landcycling", "Typecycling", "Cycling"]
set: "HOC"
set_name: "The Hobbit Eternal"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Axel Sauerwald"
oracle_id: "e519cebf-0f09-4da9-abef-82928738514d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/eagles-of-the-north-hoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Eagles of the North
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Plainscycling, Landcycling, Typecycling, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
Plainscycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eagle of the Great Shelf](/printing/eagle-of-the-great-shelf-hob.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
2. [Battleflight Eagle](/printing/battleflight-eagle-m13.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Dawnfeather Eagle](/printing/dawnfeather-eagle-aer.md) — Creature — Bird
4. [Wild Aesthir](/printing/wild-aesthir-all.md) — Creature — Bird
5. [Soaring Sandwing](/printing/soaring-sandwing-lci.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
6. [Steel-Plume Marshal](/printing/steel-plume-marshal-scd.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #164
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Axel Sauerwald
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`