Card
Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
Mana cost {4}{U}
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon 5/5
Flying, vigilance, ward {2} Shiva's Aid — When Hraesvelgr enters and whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FIC · #37
- Cheapest printing
- €0.25
- EDHREC salt
- 0.27
- Color identity
- Blue
- Keywords
- Flying, Vigilance, Ward
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
Hraesvelgr's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack. - 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
Once a creature has been blocked, Hraesvelgr's last ability won't cause it to become unblocked.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast