Angelfire Crusader
Creature — Human Soldier Knight
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30676
Angelfire Crusader is a five-mana 3/3 that grants first strike to attacking white and red creatures until end of turn — a marginal combat trick stapled to an underpowered body. The cost in tempo and card quality is too steep for any competitive context.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Angelfire Crusader is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a five-mana creature that only affects combat phases offers almost no return on investment in a format where every slot competes against staples. Pauper is its most plausible home on paper, but even there the floor for five-mana creatures is much higher than a conditional first-strike anthem. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this effect at any mana cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Angelfire Crusader sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that fills out a collection binder but rarely gets sleeved. That price is unlikely to move in either direction; demand simply isn't there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.