Angel's Trumpet
Artifact
All creatures have vigilance.
At the beginning of each player's end step, tap all untapped creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. This artifact deals damage to the player equal to the number of creatures tapped this way.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $1.29
- EDHREC rank
- #8751
Angel's Trumpet forces every untapped creature to deal its controller damage at end of turn — a punishing symmetrical effect that turns passive boards into liabilities. The catch is that it rewards players who attack, so you need a deck built to take full advantage, and Darien, King of Kjeldor is the canonical example of a commander that converts that self-damage into an army.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor turns Angel's Trumpet's self-damage trigger into a token factory — every point your untapped creatures deal you at end of turn becomes a 1/1 Soldier, so you're incentivized to keep blockers back and farm the damage.
Phelddagrif
Phelddagrif decks typically gift opponents resources to generate goodwill, and Angel's Trumpet fits that political shell by pressuring every player to attack — which tends to redirect aggression away from you and into the table.
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist forces opponents to control Salamander tokens they didn't ask for, and Angel's Trumpet punishes them further for not attacking with those tokens, turning the forced symmetry into a clock that benefits the Gor Muldrak pilot.
Kratos, God of War
Kratos, God of War wants combat to happen every turn, and Angel's Trumpet enforces that pressure on every player at the table, ensuring nobody sandbags a wide board while Kratos is looking for targets.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Angel's Trumpet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is by far its natural habitat — multiplayer politics and combat-stax strategies give the card room to breathe in a way that 1v1 formats don't. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too slow and too symmetrical to be competitive; dedicated aggro doesn't need it, and control decks won't run a three-mana artifact that can punish their own untapped creatures. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Angel's Trumpet has some legs, particularly in go-wide or combat-pressure signatures. It's a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.29 cheap tier
At $1.29, Angel's Trumpet sits firmly in the cheap tier — an easy include for any deck that wants the effect without any real financial barrier. It's a narrow enough card that the price is unlikely to spike outside of renewed Commander interest, making it a low-risk pickup.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.