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Filigree Angel

Artifact Creature — Angel

Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life for each artifact you control.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{5}{W}{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
rare
Set
The List
Price
$0.36
EDHREC rank
#14528
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Filigree Angel card art
Filigree Angel enters and immediately life totals swing — you gain 3 life per artifact you control, which in a dedicated artifact deck can mean 30+ life in a single trigger. The problem is the mana cost: seven mana for a 4/4 flier is a steep ask unless you're copying it with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker or recurring it through Sharuum the Hegemon.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Sharuum the Hegemon

Sharuum the Hegemon

39.3% of decks · synergy 0.39

Sharuum the Hegemon recurs Filigree Angel from the graveyard directly into play, resetting the life-gain trigger every time the loop fires — in an artifact-dense build, that's an enormous life buffer that effectively ends attrition games.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Filigree Angel actually earns its slot — 100-card artifact decks routinely hit 20–30 artifacts in play, turning the ETB into a game-warping life swing. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but functionally absent; seven mana does nothing competitive formats care about, and Modern has the same problem. The card lives and dies in Commander, specifically in artifact-heavy builds where the life total matters as a resource rather than a formality.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.36 bulk tier

At $0.36, Filigree Angel is firmly bulk — a seven-mana creature with narrow application rarely holds demand. It's a safe pickup for artifact commanders without budget pressure, but don't expect the price to move in either direction.

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