---
name: "Gwaihir the Windlord"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Bird Noble"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Vigilance"]
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "210"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Axel Sauerwald"
oracle_id: "b967fbb8-ddc8-485b-bd18-cbf3ef6b1bf8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gwaihir-the-windlord-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gwaihir the Windlord
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Bird Noble
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Vigilance

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {2} less to cast as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.
Flying, vigilance
Other Birds you control have vigilance.

> *There came Gwaihir the Windlord, greatest of all the Eagles of the North, mightiest of the descendants of old Thorondor.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Strix Lookout](/printing/strix-lookout-fdn.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [East Wind Avatar](/printing/east-wind-avatar-tmt.md) — Creature — Bird Spirit Avatar
3. [The Lord of the Eagles](/printing/the-lord-of-the-eagles-hob.md) — Legendary Creature — Bird Noble
4. [Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles](/printing/gwaihir-greatest-of-the-eagles-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Bird Noble
5. [Eagle of the Watch](/printing/eagle-of-the-watch-ori.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Courier Hawk](/printing/courier-hawk-cns.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #210
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Axel Sauerwald
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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