Deathpact Angel
Creature — Angel
Flying
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Cleric creature token. It has "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: Return a card named Deathpact Angel from your graveyard to the battlefield."
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- RNA Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.75
- EDHREC rank
- #19043
Deathpact Angel hits the board as a 5/5 flyer that replaces itself with a 1/1 token on death — and that token can spend three mana to return the Angel from the graveyard, creating a recursive loop your opponents have to answer twice. Six mana is a real ask, and the recursion is slow enough that faster tables will outpace it, but in a grindy life-gain or reanimator shell the value is genuine.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Deathpact Angel is a Commander card through and through — the six-mana cost and slow recursion engine are liabilities everywhere else, but in a 40-life multiplayer game with longer time horizons they become assets. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are all legal on paper, but no competitive list wants a six-mana Angel whose recursion requires another turn and three more mana; it simply doesn't compete with what those formats are doing by turn four. Commander is the only context where Deathpact Angel earns its slot, specifically in decks that want a resilient recursive threat — Orzhov aristocrats, life-gain value engines, or reanimator builds that don't mind trading card slots for inevitability.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.75 bulk tier
At $0.75, Deathpact Angel sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a reprint into a high-profile precon or a sudden spike in Orzhov Commander popularity. It's a low-risk pickup if the effect fits your build — just don't expect the price to do anything interesting on its own.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.