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Dazzling Angel

Creature — Angel

Flying
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Foundations
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#3262
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Dazzling Angel card art
Dazzling Angel puts a 1/1 Soldier token into play every time it attacks, stacking a board presence that compounds fast. At three mana for a 2/2 with flying, the rate is modest, but Giada, Font of Hope and Scurry Oak archetypes want exactly this kind of incidental token generation attached to a relevant creature type.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Giada, Font of Hope

Giada, Font of Hope

40.2% of decks · synergy 0.31

Giada, Font of Hope is an Angel tribal commander, and Dazzling Angel slots in as a token generator that feeds anthem effects and counters synergies — the Soldier tokens are a bonus on top of the Angel body Giada actually cares about.

02
Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Elenda, Saint of Dusk

29.9% of decks · synergy 0.27

Elenda, Saint of Dusk grows whenever other creatures die, and the 1/1 Soldiers that Dazzling Angel produces on attacks are expendable fodder that cash out into counters on Elenda whenever the board gets swept or sacrificed.

03
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

27.1% of decks · synergy 0.24

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine wants a steady supply of creatures to sacrifice for its activated ability, and Dazzling Angel delivers a fresh Soldier token every attack step without taxing hand resources.

04
Aurelia, the Warleader

Aurelia, the Warleader

20.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Aurelia, the Warleader grants additional combat steps, which means Dazzling Angel generates a token on each of those extra swings — two or three tokens per turn cycle is a realistic ceiling in an Aurelia deck.

05
Sigarda, Font of Blessings

Sigarda, Font of Blessings

16.8% of decks · synergy 0.15

Sigarda, Font of Blessings enables a Human and Angel tribal shell, and Dazzling Angel feeds both the token count and the flying-attacker density that Sigarda strategies reward.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Dazzling Angel does its real work — token generators on evasive bodies scale well in multiplayer because you're attacking every turn cycle and the Soldier accumulation adds up across a long game. In Angel tribal builds it has a clear home; outside of that, it competes with faster token producers at the same mana cost. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a three-mana 2/2 that only produces tokens on attack is too slow and too fragile to see serious play. Pauper is its most plausible competitive outlier given the card's common printing, but even there the attack trigger limits its appeal compared to token generators that fire on entry.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

46 decks
Treebeard, Gracious HostScurry OakDazzling Angel

Treebeard, Gracious HostScurry OakDazzling Angel

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers

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Basking BroodscaleDazzling AngelCleric Class

Basking BroodscaleDazzling AngelCleric Class

Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana

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Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Dazzling Angel is bulk by any measure — you're not paying a premium for the effect, just picking it up as needed. Bulk rares and commons at this price point rarely appreciate unless a specific combo or Commander precon pushes demand, so treat it as a low-risk include rather than a hold.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.