Angelic Captain
Creature — Angel Ally
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other attacking Ally.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19273
Angelic Captain swings as a potentially massive flier the turn it enters — every allied creature you attack with adds a +1/+1 counter permanently, so a wide board translates directly into a closing threat. Five mana is a real ask for a card that does nothing without attackers, but in any deck that already wants to go wide in combat, it pays off fast.
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 Captain is a Commander card through and through — the format's multiplayer combat and go-wide strategies are exactly where a cumulative counter engine shines. In 60-card competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, it's a five-mana creature that needs multiple attacking bodies to do anything relevant, which is far too slow and conditional against efficient interaction. Pioneer is similarly hostile; the card has never found a foothold there. Commander is the only context where Angelic Captain is genuinely at home: longer games, wider boards, and tribal or aggro strategies that already want to be attacking with a crowd.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Angelic Captain at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number. Given that it sees essentially no play outside Commander and occupies a niche role even there, it has historically been an affordable pickup — budget allies or go-wide builds shouldn't have trouble finding copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.