Angelic Field Marshal
Creature — Angel
Flying
Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and creatures you control have vigilance.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4359
Angelic Field Marshal hands your entire team vigilance and pumps every other Angel you control whenever your commander is on the battlefield — the two abilities stack into a threat that demands an immediate answer. Four mana is a fair ask for that much board presence, and Giada, Font of Hope decks in particular lean on it hard because the trigger fires the moment Giada enters or stays in play.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope is the natural home for Angelic Field Marshal — Giada sits in the command zone permanently, which means the Field Marshal's commander-on-battlefield trigger is almost always live, and the +1/+1 counter anthem stacks with the counters Giada herself distributes to incoming Angels.
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wants a wide board of Angels to sacrifice for mana, and Angelic Field Marshal's vigilance grant means those Angels can swing and still be available as fodder, squeezing double value out of every attacker.
Sigarda, Font of Blessings
Sigarda, Font of Blessings pushes Angel tribal density, so the anthem from Angelic Field Marshal hits more bodies and the vigilance keeps an already-defensive creature type open to block after combat.
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade reduces its own commander tax by tapping flying creatures, and Angelic Field Marshal giving the team vigilance means those creatures can attack on the same turn and still be untapped to pay Sephara's alternate cost.
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 |
Angelic Field Marshal lives almost exclusively in Commander, where the commander-on-battlefield trigger is baked into how the format works and Angel tribal decks have room to build around it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with far more efficient four-mana threats and sees no meaningful play. Oathbreaker offers a smaller-scale version of the same tribal shell where it could function, though the format's condensed game length makes a four-mana anthem a harder sell. Treat this as a Commander card — that's the only format where its design actually fires on all cylinders.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Angelic Field Marshal isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It's a mid-tier tribal staple with steady demand in Giada lists, so expect it to sit in a range consistent with popular-but-not-chase Angel cards.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
- Sigarda, Font of Blessings
- Sephara, Sky's Blade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.