Admonition Angel
Creature — Angel
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may exile target nonland permanent other than this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners' control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $22.71
- EDHREC rank
- #7629
Admonition Angel exiles a nonland permanent every time a land enters under your control — in a landfall deck, that's a repeating removal engine stapled to a 6/6 flying body. Commanders like Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor and Ashaya, Soul of the Wild turn every land drop into a threat evacuation, making it one of the strongest value pieces available in white-green.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor triggers landfall repeatedly through land animation and extra land drops, which means Admonition Angel is exiling a permanent almost every turn — the two together form a hard-to-answer control package that most opponents can't outrace.
Karametra, God of Harvests
Karametra, God of Harvests fetches a land every time you cast a creature, so Admonition Angel gets a free exile trigger off each spell you play — the deck generates enough landfall events to keep multiple opposing permanents locked out without dedicating extra card slots to land ramp.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Admonition Angel's home is Commander, where landfall commanders give it a near-continuous stream of triggers and the political weight of holding three exiled permanents is real leverage at a multiplayer table. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but wholly unplayable — six mana for a conditional removal creature doesn't compete with those formats' density of cheap interaction. Modern is the same story: the mana cost and the creature-reliance make it too slow and fragile for a format that kills you before you untap. Admonition Angel is a Commander card through and through, and a good one in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Admonition AngelAshaya, Soul of the WildDetention SphereOblivion Ring
Infinite ETB; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite LTB
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Felidar Retreat and Emeria Shepherd both generate incremental value off landfall at lower mana costs, though neither matches Admonition Angel's ability to remove a permanent outright — Felidar Retreat goes wide or puts counters on creatures, and Emeria Shepherd reanimates rather than threatens. If the goal is landfall-based removal specifically, Skyclave Apparition is the cleanest sub-$5 answer, trading the repeatable upside for a more reliable exile that doesn't return when the Angel dies.
Price Context
Current price
$22.71 premium tier
At $22.71, Admonition Angel sits in premium territory for a card that sees play in one format and in a specific subset of Commander decks. The price reflects its casual demand in landfall builds rather than any competitive ceiling, so whether it holds depends entirely on whether new landfall commanders keep driving interest.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.