Angus Mackenzie
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
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: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Activate only before the combat damage step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18205
Angus Mackenzie shuts down combat entirely — tap him to prevent all combat damage this turn, then untap and do it again. The cost is real: three colors, a legendary body that dies to any removal, and zero protection built in.
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 |
Commander is where Angus Mackenzie actually sees play, and it's entirely as the commander rather than in the 99 — his tap ability is too slow and too fragile to justify a slot in most decks, but as a general he enables a pillowfort-stax shell that can lock combat indefinitely. Legacy and Vintage have him on the legal list, but no competitive archetype wants a three-mana 2/2 whose payoff requires surviving to the next turn. In Oathbreaker he's theoretically playable, but the smaller life totals and faster pace make the slow tap loop even harder to set up.
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Price Context
Current price
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.