Angelic Overseer
Creature — Angel
Flying
As long as you control a Human, this creature has hexproof and indestructible.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $1.23
- EDHREC rank
- #15220
Angelic Overseer hits the table as a 5/3 flying, indestructible, hexproof threat — as long as you control a Human, it demands an answer that almost doesn't exist. The cost is a narrow dependency: without a Human on board, you're paying six mana for a vanilla flier, so it earns its slot only in decks that guarantee that condition.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
Odric, Lunarch Marshal is exactly the commander Angelic Overseer wants — Odric reads off Angelic Overseer's flying, indestructible, and hexproof at the start of combat and hands those keywords to every creature you control, turning a single protected threat into a board-wide immunity package.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Angelic Overseer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — six mana is a real ask in 60-card formats where the Human synergy payoff rarely justifies the slot over cheaper threats. In Commander, the indestructible and hexproof combination is genuinely difficult to answer in a multiplayer game where most removal is single-target, and Human-tribal shells like Odric or Giada give it the consistent support it needs. Outside of Human-specific Commander builds, Angelic Overseer is too conditional to recommend — the keyword suite is spectacular, but a six-drop that blanks without a Human in play won't make Modern or Legacy cuts.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.23 cheap tier
At $1.23, Angelic Overseer sits in the cheap tier — easy to pick up without budget friction. The price reflects its narrow application rather than any weakness in the card itself; in the right Human commander deck, it overperforms its cost significantly.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.