Archangel's Light
Sorcery
You gain 2 life for each card in your graveyard, then shuffle your graveyard into your library.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.63
- EDHREC rank
- #17075
Archangel's Light gains you life equal to twice the number of cards in all graveyards, then shuffles your graveyard into your library — a massive swing that can easily put you at 40+ life in a multiplayer game. Eight mana is the real obstacle, and it's what keeps this card out of most competitive lists.
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 |
Commander is where Archangel's Light has its best case: three opponents means three graveyards full of cantrips, fetchlands, and interaction by turn eight, which translates to a life total that makes combat math impossible for your opponents. Outside Commander, the card barely registers — Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all move too fast for an eight-mana sorcery with no immediate board impact to matter, and the graveyard shuffle is a downside in formats that want to recur spells. Oathbreaker is legal but faces the same speed problem at a smaller table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.63 bulk tier
At $0.63, Archangel's Light is firmly bulk — it costs what it costs because demand is low, not because supply is high. That price is stable; nothing in the competitive landscape is going to rescue an eight-mana sorcery from the bulk box.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.