Dawning Angel
Creature — Angel
Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19817
Dawning Angel enters and gains you 4 life — that's the whole card, stapled to a 3/3 flying body for five mana. The rate is too slow for competitive formats and too low-impact for Commander, where 4 life is irrelevant and five mana buys you a lot more than a vanilla threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dawning Angel is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the only format where it warrants any serious consideration — lifegain synergy decks can squeeze value from the enters trigger alongside cards like Basilica Guards or Lumbering Battlement. In Commander, 4 life is noise at a 40-life table, and a 3/3 flier for five doesn't pressure anyone. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have access to far more efficient threats and lifegain payoffs, so Dawning Angel never sees play there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Dawning Angel is deep bulk — it's the kind of card that ends up in a pile at your LGS, not in anyone's trade binder. Bulk commons don't appreciate, and there's no spike potential here without a dedicated lifegain-matters card that specifically rewards enters-the-battlefield triggers at a rate that makes this competitive.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.