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Angelic Sell-Sword

Creature — Angel Mercenary

Flying, vigilance
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control enters, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "{T}: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
Whenever this creature attacks, if its power is 6 or greater, draw a card.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#8010
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Angelic Sell-Sword card art
Angelic Sell-Sword enters swinging — a 4/4 flier with lifelink that also makes a 2/2 Soldier token on entry, giving you two bodies off one card. The seven-mana cost is the real ask, but in token-and-treasure engines like Olivia, Opulent Outlaw or reanimator shells that cheat it in, the rate becomes genuinely strong. Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan decks lean on it as a stabilizer and board-presence piece in one.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

60.8% of decks · synergy 0.60

Olivia, Opulent Outlaw's treasure-making rewards every creature that hits play, and Angelic Sell-Sword delivers two triggers at once — the Angel and the Soldier token both generate treasure, accelerating the deck's resource engine while putting meaningful air power on the board.

02
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer

Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer

17.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer tutors creatures directly into play, which completely erases Angelic Sell-Sword's seven-mana barrier — you get the 4/4 flier, the token, and both enter-the-battlefield payoffs without ever tapping that much mana.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Angelic Sell-Sword actually lives — the singleton format's tolerance for high-cost value creatures, combined with the prevalence of blink, reanimation, and token-doubler effects, gives it a real home. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; seven mana is a losing proposition in formats where the game is often decided by turn three. Oathbreaker shares Commander's structure and could support it in the right shell, but the smaller deck size and faster clock make the top end harder to justify. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Angelic Sell-Sword sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for this effect. Bulk rares rarely climb without a competitive breakout, and this card's ceiling is casual Commander demand, so don't expect meaningful appreciation.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.