Angelic Accord
Enchantment
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2014
- Price
- $1.70
- EDHREC rank
- #3327
Angelic Accord turns any end step where you gained 4 or more life into a free 4/4 flying Angel — at four mana, that rate is backbreaking in any deck built to trigger it consistently. In Giada, Font of Hope specifically, every token enters with a +1/+1 counter from the commander and fuels the next wave, making the enchantment one of the fastest payoffs in the archetype.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope runs Angelic Accord in 43% of decks because the synergy is direct: Giada makes every Angel token enter larger, and the life-gain triggers from attacking with a flying tribal army are trivially easy to hit each turn.
Shanna, Purifying Blade
Shanna, Purifying Blade converts life gained directly into card draw, so Angelic Accord's token triggers both grow Shanna's hand and produce more bodies that keep gaining life — the two cards lock into a self-reinforcing loop.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice gains life equal to a token's toughness whenever one enters, meaning the 4/4 Angels that Angelic Accord produces immediately pay back 4 life and can chain into the next trigger on the same end step.
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk taxes spells with life loss and encourages incidental life spending, so Angelic Accord provides the defensive bodies needed to offset the attrition and keep the engine ahead on board.
Aerith, Last Ancient
Aerith, Last Ancient rewards life-gain payoffs across a wide support package, and Angelic Accord slots in as one of the most efficient token-producing enchantments available in white — nearly 19% of Aerith decks run it.
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 |
Angelic Accord is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer environment provides enough life-gain synergies, slower games, and tribal support to make the end-step trigger fire reliably turn after turn. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Legacy, four mana for a conditional enchantment that does nothing immediately is too slow; aggro and tempo decks will have ended the game before the first Angel lands. Pioneer is legal but similarly hostile — the card sees essentially zero play there. Oathbreaker can support it if the signature spell or planeswalker generates life gain, but the card's ceiling is firmly in Commander, where Angelic Accord has the time and the teammates to snowball.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.70 cheap tier
At $1.70, Angelic Accord sits at the low end of meaningful enchantments — it's cheap enough to slot into any budget life-gain build without hesitation. The price reflects broad supply from multiple printings rather than weak demand; the card pulls genuine work in its archetypes and is unlikely to drop further.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Shanna, Purifying Blade
- Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
- Aerith, Last Ancient
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.