Angel of Finality
Creature — Angel
Flying
When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.51
- EDHREC rank
- #4227
Angel of Finality enters and exiles an opponent's entire graveyard — that's a full Tormod's Crypt stapled to a 3/4 flying body that sticks around. Four mana is a fair rate for that package, and in any Angel tribal shell like Giada, Font of Hope, the body itself pulls extra weight beyond the ETB.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope cares about every Angel that enters the battlefield, and Angel of Finality delivers both a relevant ETB and a flying body that benefits from Giada's +1/+1 counter stacking — utility and tribal synergy in one slot.
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Ranar the Ever-Watchful rewards flickering creatures, and replaying the ETB of Angel of Finality each blink cycle means recurring graveyard hate that keeps reanimator and flashback strategies permanently offline.
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine runs a dense Angel package and values bodies that pull double duty — Angel of Finality answers the graveyard-based threats that sacrifice-heavy strategies often race against while meeting the Angel type requirement.
Aurelia, the Warleader
Aurelia, the Warleader builds Boros Angel beatdown, and Angel of Finality slots in as both a threat and a disruptive piece that strips recursion from opponents trying to rebuild through the combat pressure.
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn, Angel of Hope decks want a deep Angel roster, and Angel of Finality earns its spot by answering graveyard strategies that would otherwise stabilize against the deck's aggressive top end.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Angel of Finality is a Commander card through and through — the four-mana cost and single-target graveyard exile are too slow and too narrow for Legacy or Vintage, where dedicated hate like Rest in Peace does the job for less. In Modern and Pioneer it's similarly outclassed by cheaper, more permanent options. Commander is where it belongs: the ETB triggers on flicker and reanimate loops, the flying body is relevant in Angel tribal, and one-shot graveyard exile is enough when you're only trying to set back one threat at a time rather than lock out an entire format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.51 bulk tier
At $0.51, Angel of Finality is firmly bulk, and that price is stable — it's not a card with spike potential, but it's also not going lower. Pick it up without thinking twice; the only question is whether the effect fits your build.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.