Is Deathless Angel good in Commander?

Deathless Angel

Creature — Angel

Flying
: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

CMC: 6
Mana cost
Color identity: W
Rarity: rare
Set: Rise of the Eldrazi
Price: $1.15
EDHREC rank: #17619

Deathless Angel makes any creature you control indestructible for a turn — repeatedly, as long as you can keep paying two white mana — which is a genuinely powerful protection effect stapled to a 5/7 flier with vigilance. The cost is real: six mana to cast and double-white activations mean it asks a lot of your mana base, but commanders like Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer that want a resilient damage engine will find the ceiling worth it.

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

Commander is where Deathless Angel actually lives — six mana is acceptable in a format that routinely goes long, and the repeated indestructibility activation scales up hard once you have multiple creatures or an infinite-mana outlet on board. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively invisible; a six-mana creature with no immediate board impact doesn't compete in formats where the game is often decided by turn two or three. Modern has the same problem at a slightly less extreme level — Deathless Angel is too slow and too conditional for a format that demands efficiency. Stick to Commander, where its protective ceiling has room to matter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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