Archangel of Strife
Creature — Angel
Flying
As this creature enters, each player chooses war or peace.
Creatures controlled by players who chose war get +3/+0.
Creatures controlled by players who chose peace get +0/+3.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- From the Vault: Angels
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17825
Archangel of Strife lands and immediately forces every player to declare war or peace, reshaping combat math across the whole table for as long as it stays in play. Seven mana is steep, but Ruthless Technomancer can reanimate or recur it cheaply enough that the cost becomes negotiable in the right shell.
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 |
Archangel of Strife is a Commander card through and through — the politics of its war/peace declaration scale directly with the number of players at the table, and seven mana is far easier to reach in a 40-life format with dedicated ramp. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant; those formats end too fast for a do-nothing-until-combat seven-drop to matter. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer texture but the smaller deck size and lower starting life total make Archangel of Strife a marginal inclusion there at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Ruthless TechnomancerFelidar GuardianArchangel of Strife
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Archangel of Strife isn't available in our current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its narrow Commander-specific appeal and the lack of competitive demand, it has historically sat in bulk-rare territory — worth picking up if you find a copy under a dollar.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.