Azorius Herald
Creature — Spirit
This creature can't be blocked.
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless 
was spent to cast it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #24436
Azorius Herald enters, you gain 4 life and it can't be countered — then it bounces itself to your hand on end step, locking in that life gain every time you replay it. The ceiling is a Mortuary-style loop that makes it nearly impossible to answer permanently, but outside dedicated recursion shells the self-bounce is a feature with nowhere to go.
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 |
In Commander, Azorius Herald finds a home in life-gain payoff decks and flicker shells where the enters-the-battlefield trigger gets abused repeatedly — the uncounterability is a minor but real upside in counterspell-heavy metas. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have it legal, but it sees no meaningful play in any of them; two mana for 4 life and a bounce clause doesn't clear the competitive bar in any of those formats. Commander is where Azorius Herald actually earns a slot, specifically when you need a repeatable, resilient life-gain source that opponents can't simply counter away.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Azorius HeraldMortuaryGwenom, Remorseless
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Azorius HeraldMortuaryBolas's Citadel
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Azorius Herald is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes or as a throw-in. It won't hold or gain value, but at this price you're not buying it for finance reasons; you're buying it because it does a specific job cheaply.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.