Avenger en-Dal
Creature — Human Spellshaper
, 
, Discard a card: Exile target attacking creature. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #24133
Avenger en-Dal converts excess white mana into a removal threat, exiling a target creature by pitching a card at instant speed — the effect is real, but a four-mana activation on a 2/1 body is a steep ask in any competitive context. It earns a slot in dedicated life-payment or pitch-outlet shells and almost nowhere else.
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 |
In Commander, Avenger en-Dal occupies a narrow niche: white-heavy life-gain or attrition decks that can activate it more than once per game without gutting their hand. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically correct, but neither format has ever found a reason to run a 2/1 with a four-mana exile activation when faster, cheaper options exist across every color. The card is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the smaller deck size and focused game plans could theoretically support it, though it still faces the same efficiency ceiling. Avenger en-Dal is a Commander card in practice — specifically a 99-card card, not a commander — and even there it competes against cheaper exile effects like Swords to Plowshares.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Avenger en-Dal is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability rather than any scarcity issue. It holds that floor reliably; there's no spike target here, just a cheap include if the archetype fits.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.