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* <c>Eladamri, Lord of Leaves</c> - first Lord to grant [[shroud]], [[forestwalk]], also because of its wording it is the first lord to grant something to all other Elf permanents, including non-creatures like <c>Prowess of the Fair</c>.
  
* <c>Eladamri, Lord of Leaves</c> - first Lord to grant [[shroud]], [[forestwalk]], also because of its wording it is the first lord to grant something to all other Elf permanents, including non-creatures like <c>Prowess of the Fair</c>.
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* <c>Elvish Archdruid</c>
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* <c>Elvish Archdruid</c>
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* <c>Elvish Champion</c> - also grants forestwalk
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* <c>Ezuri, Renegade Leader</c>
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* <c>Ezuri, Renegade Leader</c> - +3/+3 as an activated ability
 
* <c>Imperious Perfect</c>
  
* <c>Imperious Perfect</c>
 
* <c>Joraga Warcaller</c> - first Lord to grant something based on the number of +1/+1 counters on it
  
* <c>Joraga Warcaller</c> - first Lord to grant something based on the number of +1/+1 counters on it

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A "lord" is an informal term that refers to any creature or other permanent that confers boons to other members of the same creature type, usually without conferring such boons to themselves, however. The lords Lord of Atlantis, Zombie Master, and Goblin King, which appeared in Alpha, were the first of several lords, most of which would grant a power/toughness bonus of +1/+1 and an additional bonus, such as a keyword ability (e.g., landwalk, regeneration, haste, shroud). [1]

Due to their support for creature types and appreciably influential impact, lords are often integral to tribal decks. Lord is a defunct creature type for creatures with an occupation of high class or power within a structure or organization. It was dropped due to inconsistency between card names and the use of this type, gender issues (Lady being the correct female form), and so it would not be confused with the so-called "lord" abilities of creatures who grant effects to other creatures according to their creature types, colors, or other attributes.

Most lords have since had their class changed to something more appropriate. For instance, Lovisa Coldeyes was changed from a Human Lord to a Human Barbarian.

Etymology

The term "lord" originates from an obsolete creature type that is featured as a creature type on numerous older lords [2]; although artistically depicted as being of the creature type for which they granted bonuses, these lords were often not of the same creature type. This was, however, changed by the time of the Grand Creature Type Update, when the "Lord" creature type was no longer supported and removed, and most of the older lords received appropriate creature types as well as errata (often an "other", as in "Other Goblin creatures get +1/+1", as opposed to "Goblin creatures get +1/+1") to preserve their original intended functionality.

Rules

  • Certain Lords grant bonuses to multiple creature types (e.g., Lovisa Coldeyes). In these cases, a creature that is of at least one of those creature types gets the benefit once (e.g., +2/+2 and haste), regardless of how many of those subtypes it has.

List of lords

Any

  • Brass Herald - serves as a Lord to the creature type of your choosing.
  • Adaptive Automaton - serves as a Lord to the creature type of your choosing.
  • Mistform Warchief - reduces the cost to cast any creature that shares a type with it. Can change its type until end of turn.
  • Karona, False God - Only when attacking, +3/+3 to type of players choice, and changes controller every turn.

Archer

Artifact creatures

Barbarian

Beast

Berserker

Bird

  • Aven Brigadier (also Soldiers) - first Lord to grant something to two creature types (birds and soldiers)
  • Kangee, Aerie Keeper - first Lord to grant something based on the number of counters (feather) on it
  • Soraya the Falconer - first Lord to grant banding. Originally was a Falcon Lord but after creature type update became a Bird Lord.
  • Soulcatchers' Aerie (Lord-type enchantment)gives +1/+1 to birds based on the number of feather counters it has.

Cat

Cleric

Dragon

Elemental

Elf

Faerie

Giant

Goblin

  • Dralnu's Crusade (lord-type Enchantment) - first Lord to change a creature's color, add another creature type
  • Goblin Chieftain - Grants +1/+1 and Haste to other Goblins.
  • Goblin King - Grants +1/+1 and Mountainwalk to other goblins. First Lord to grant mountainwalk
  • Goblin Warchief - Grants Haste to all Goblins (inculding itself), and reduces the cost of all goblins by 1. First lord to grant haste.
  • Mad Auntie - Grants +1/+1 to other Goblins, can regenerate goblins

Golem

Griffin

Human

Illusion

Kavu

Knight

Kithkin

Kobold

Kor

Merfolk

Minion

Minotaur

Myr

Nightmare

Orc

  • Orc General - first Lord to grant something based on tapping and sacrificing a creature (orc)

Rat

Rigger

  • Steamflogger Boss - first lord to only grant ability to copies of itself or changelings

Samurai

Saproling

Scarecrow

Skeleton

Sliver

Most all Slivers could be called Sliver lords

Snake

Spirit

Soldier

Thrull

Token creatures

Treefolk

Vampire

Warriors

Werewolf

Wolves

Zombie

Creatures with infect

Un-Lords

References

  1. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 19, 2012). "Lord of the Things". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 07, 2008). "But Wait, There's More". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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