Aegis Angel
Creature — Angel
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When this creature enters, another target permanent gains indestructible for as long as you control this creature. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. A creature with indestructible can't be destroyed by damage.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #6670
Aegis Angel lands and immediately makes a permanent indestructible — that's a board-state shift that demands an answer, not just removal of the Angel itself. At six mana you're paying a real cost, but in flying-tribal shells helmed by Sephara, Sky's Blade, that cost is frequently discounted, and the protection it grants can lock out annihilation effects like Worms of the Earth that bypass conventional answers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade already wants the skies packed with flyers, and Aegis Angel slots in as both a flying body that supports her cost reduction and a protection piece that can keep Sephara herself indestructible turn after turn.
Kaalia of the Vast
Kaalia of the Vast cheats Aegis Angel into play attacking, meaning you skip the six-mana ask entirely and immediately name Kaalia as the indestructible permanent — removing the one card that keeps the whole engine running.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aegis Angel is a Commander card through and through — six mana is simply too slow for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the game is often decided before you untap with it. In those formats the indestructibility clause, powerful as it is, doesn't compensate for a body that dies to every removal spell before it can protect anything meaningful. Commander is where it earns its slot: longer games, more permanents worth protecting, and commanders like Sephara, Sky's Blade that actively reduce its cost or benefit directly from the shield it grants.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Worms of the EarthAegis Angel
Lands can't enter the battlefield; Lock; Mass Land Denial
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
Aegis Angel sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.37, and that price is unlikely to move — multiple printings have kept supply high. It's a zero-friction pickup for any flying-tribal or angel build that wants the effect.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.