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Archangel of Thune

Creature — Angel

Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
mythic
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1486
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Archangel of Thune card art
Archangel of Thune turns every life gain trigger into a board-wide power and toughness buff, and paired with Walking Ballista it becomes an infinite combo that ends the game on the spot. Five mana is real, but a 3/4 lifelink flier that snowballs the moment you gain any life is worth the investment in nearly every white-heavy Commander build — especially under Giada, Font of Hope, where it enters with a free +1/+1 counter.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Giada, Font of Hope

Giada, Font of Hope

58.6% of decks · synergy 0.45

Giada, Font of Hope is in the top tier of Archangel of Thune homes because Giada's passive drops the Angel into play already countered, and every subsequent Angel or life gain event compounds the board state fast enough to close games in the midgame.

02
Sigarda, Font of Blessings

Sigarda, Font of Blessings

41.6% of decks · synergy 0.37

Sigarda, Font of Blessings cares deeply about stacking Angels and Humans, and Archangel of Thune plugs directly into that tribal density while providing a life gain engine that rewards the wide boards Sigarda builds.

03
Aerith, Last Ancient

Aerith, Last Ancient

41.2% of decks · synergy 0.37

Aerith, Last Ancient leans on +1/+1 counter synergies and life gain payoffs, making Archangel of Thune a natural fit that both triggers off and amplifies whatever engine Aerith is running.

04
Karlov of the Ghost Council

Karlov of the Ghost Council

40.3% of decks · synergy 0.36

Karlov of the Ghost Council hungers for repeated life gain triggers above all else, and Archangel of Thune delivers one every combat step via lifelink while simultaneously turning those triggers into stat boosts across the whole team.

05
Shanna, Purifying Blade

Shanna, Purifying Blade

35.3% of decks · synergy 0.34

Shanna, Purifying Blade converts life gain into card draw, so Archangel of Thune pulls double duty — fueling Shanna's draw engine on your attack step while buffing the creatures that are generating the triggers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is the primary home for Archangel of Thune: the multiplayer life total of 40 gives it more time to snowball, and the density of life gain synergies across white and white-adjacent strategies makes the Walking Ballista combo a genuine threat rather than a corner-case win. In Modern and Legacy it sees fringe play in dedicated lifegain or Collected Company shells, where the combo with Spike Feeder or Walking Ballista is fast enough to matter, but five mana is a steep ask in formats where interaction is cheap and abundant. Pioneer is technically legal territory but the format's speed makes Archangel of Thune a sideboard consideration at best rather than a maindeck staple.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

4,115 decks
Spike FeederArchangel of Thune

Spike FeederArchangel of Thune

Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

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Price data isn't available in the current feed for Archangel of Thune, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It has historically settled in the $5–$15 range depending on print run and demand — a card worth tracking if you're building any white life gain or Angel tribal shell.

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