With MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed just days from release and prerelease already giving fans their first chance to pick up the new cards, now seems like the prime time to check out the biggest cards in this Magic: The Gathering set. Read on, and I'll make sure you're well aware what you should be hunting for when you're out there ripping packs.
While the true most expensive MTG cards in Lorwyn Eclipsed will be the serialized Bitterblossoms and then - a long way behind them - the woodcut-inspired showcase cards, here we'll just be looking at regular cards from the main set. There's still plenty of goodies to grasp in the play boosters!
Bear in mind that card prices are prone to fluctuating wildly in the first week after release, as we learn many cards don't live up to the hype while a few hidden gems rise in price. That's why we're not dealing with exact numbers, just a list of the most desirable Lorwyn cards right now.
8. Vibrance
Lorwyn Eclipsed's cycle of elemental incarnations is one of its best, each one offering a ton of flexibility. Essentially you get a choice of two 'sorceries' for the price of one, plus a value-generating creature if you wait till the late game.
And Vibrance is better than most of these mighty cards. The green mode offers an enviable ability - you can fetch up any land, not just basics. The red mode is essentially lightning strike, useful when you need spot removal or just reach to finish off a player.
7. Bloom Tender
A reprint of an incredibly valuable mana dork, Bloom Tender is a fantastic card for decks with four or five colors. It can make up to five mana each time it taps, and is so efficient that it can easily be turned into an infinite combo piece.
Bloom Tender's only previous reprint was in the incredibly expensive Double Masters 2022 set, so its appearance may well do something to drop the price - even if here it's been bumped up to Mythic status.
6. Formidable Speaker
In case the specs didn't tip you off, Formidable Speaker is a championship card, with the likeness of 2023 Worlds winner Jean-Emmanuel Depraz. That means we expected this card to be good and good grief it is.
First up, at the cost of discarding another card, you can tutor any creature when Formidable Speaker enters the battlefield. Secondly, you can use it to untap any permanent, whether that's the Bloom Tender above or a Gaea's Cradle.
This card is probably cEDH playable. It might have Elf Druid in the typeline, but make no mistake - this thing is a beast.
5. Chronicle of Victory
Vanquisher's Banner updated and upgraded for 2026. For one extra mana you get a bit more power and some keywords for your critters. Is that good? I'm not sure. But what I do know is that a tribal-based value engine not restricted to any particular creature type is always going to be sought after.
4. Wistfulness
Ah yes, nothing makes me more wistful than an axolotl-stegosaurus. Or maybe you're meant to see this and yearn for the days of yore when creatures weren't so damn strong? Just look at what we've got here. Like Vibrance, this is a versatile split card that can provide value or removal. But on top of that, there's a well-statted 6/5 creature that gets you both effects for just five mana.
Forget about Standard, I would be surprised if this wasn't playable in Modern - at least as a sideboard option for dealing with artifact/enchantment heavy decks.
3. Hexing Squelcher
The jury still seems to be out on whether this card is busted or actively awful. The answer, probably, is it depends which format we're talking about. This is a nasty little hate bear which can shut down counterspells and protect your board. But it's far from an aggressive creature, which means in most 60-card formats, it probably doesn't have a place.
It could be very strong in cEDH, however, where counterspell wars (not to mention zero-mana counters) are commonplace. Just keep Hexing Squelcher alive with some counterspells of your own, and make your opponents pay life for trying to deal with the lil guy.
2. Bitterbloom Bearer
Bitterblossom on a stick was one of the first cards revealed for this set, and the idea is still just as good today as it was four months ago. Since Bitterblossom is still a pricey MTG card, and one of the best token-makers in Magic, it's unsurprising that players want to get their hands on this card. There are tons of variants, including the set's only serialized card, a true treasure!
The bearer of bad news for your opponent, this card not only creates unending flying 1/1s, it also gets to benefit from any faerie-based synergies in your deck. It is much easier to remove than the older enchantment though, so it's hard to say if one is strictly better than the other.
1. Moonshadow
The most-hyped card in the set is an evasive 7/7 creature that costs only one mana. Makes sense. There are a lot of hoops to jump through to make Moonshadow work though, so the jury is still very much out on whether this card will actually see play. But for now, the hype is real!
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