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Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer

Creature — Angel // Creature — Angel

Flying, double strike
You have hexproof.
If your life total would be reduced to 0 or less, instead transform this creature and your life total becomes 3. Then if this creature didn't transform this way, you lose the game.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{W}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
mythic
Set
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#9363
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Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer card art
Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer resets your life total to 3 the moment you'd otherwise die — a built-in second chance stapled to a 3/3 flying body — then flips into a threat that doubles your life total every time it attacks. The six-mana cost is real, but any deck running Sanguine Bond or similar life-total-matters payoffs gets immediate value from both halves.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer belongs. The singleton format's longer games give you time to cast it on curve, and multiplayer means opponents will chip you down to near-death repeatedly — which is exactly when the flip trigger shines. In Modern or Pioneer it's a cute corner-case card at best: six mana is too slow against dedicated aggro, and the "you'd lose" trigger is unreliable as a win condition in a race. Legacy and Vintage are simply too fast to care. Stick to Commander, ideally in a life-gain shell where the Angelic Enforcer side turns your padded life total into a runaway number.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Enduring Angel // Angelic EnforcerDefiant Bloodlord

Enduring Angel // Angelic EnforcerDefiant Bloodlord

Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent

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Price Context

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Current price data isn't available for Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer, so check Scryfall or a major retailer for a live quote before buying. As a mythic rare with a narrow but devoted audience in life-gain Commander builds, it tends to hold moderate value — neither a bulk throw-in nor a chase staple.

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