Eagle of the Watch
Journey into Nyx 9 • common
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Collector number
- 9
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Scott Murphy
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Flying, vigilance
"Even from miles away, I could see our eagles circling. That's when I gave the command to pick up the pace. I knew we were needed at home."— Kanlos, Akroan captain
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Eagle of the Watch was released in 2014 as part of the Journey into Nyx set, the final expansion in the Theros block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed to complete the block's mythological narrative, which drew heavy inspiration from Greek antiquity and the concept of enchantment-based gameplay. The card serves as a common-rarity creature, intended primarily to provide tactical support and defensive capabilities during limited-format play, such as booster drafts.
The artwork was commissioned from digital illustrator Scott Murphy, who has contributed to numerous Magic: The Gathering sets. Murphy sought to capture the aesthetic of the Theros plane, where the divine and the mortal intersect, by depicting the creature with ethereal, celestial qualities. The design emphasizes the card's function as a white-aligned sentinel, utilizing a visual language that balances avian anatomy with the fantastical, glowing motifs characteristic of the Nyx-themed cards in the set.
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