Breathkeeper Seraph
Creature — Angel
Flying, soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Breathkeeper Seraph is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "When this creature dies, you may return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep."
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $1.77
- EDHREC rank
- #7796
Breathkeeper Seraph lands as a recursive engine — it brings back a creature from your graveyard when it enters, then again when it dies, all stapled to a flying body that grows alongside every other Angel you control. The cost is a six-mana investment, which is steep, but in Giada, Font of Hope decks that cost routinely comes down a turn or two early and the value compounds fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope is the natural home: she ramps into Breathkeeper Seraph ahead of curve, and every Angel already on board gives Breathkeeper an extra +1/+1 counter on entry, turning a six-drop into an immediately oversized threat that doubles as graveyard recursion.
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine sacrifices Angels for blood tokens, and Breathkeeper Seraph turns that sacrifice engine into a loop — each time Breathkeeper dies, it returns a creature to the battlefield, keeping the fodder supply alive and the blood tokens flowing.
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 |
Breathkeeper Seraph is a Commander card through and through — the graveyard recursion and stat scaling both require a critical mass of Angels that only a 100-card singleton format reliably supports. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but six mana buys a game-ending effect in those formats, not a recursive value engine, so it sees no real play there. Commander is where Breathkeeper Seraph earns its slot: every Angel-tribal deck gets a two-for-one on entry and an insurance policy on death, which is exactly the kind of card-advantage density a midrange tribal gameplan needs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.77 cheap tier
At $1.77, Breathkeeper Seraph sits in the budget-staple tier — low enough to include without a second thought, high enough that it's clearly pulling real weight in the decks that want it. Given its role as a recursive engine in one of the most popular commander archetypes, that price is unlikely to feel like overpaying.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.