---
name: "The Eagles Are Coming!"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "205"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Denman Rooke"
oracle_id: "169a4a77-12ff-4997-9550-bdcd456aa2f7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-eagles-are-coming-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Eagles Are Coming!
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {2}{W}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W}{W} as you cast this spell.)
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. 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stormfront Riders](/printing/stormfront-riders-tsr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Apex Hawks](/printing/apex-hawks-cns.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Eiganjo Free-Riders](/printing/eiganjo-free-riders-sok.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Flurry of Wings](/printing/flurry-of-wings-arb.md) — Instant
5. [Battlewing Mystic](/printing/battlewing-mystic-dmu.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
6. [Soul of Migration](/printing/soul-of-migration-j21.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #205
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Denman Rooke
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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