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Giada, Font of Hope

Legendary Creature — Angel

Flying, vigilance
Each other Angel you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Angel you already control.
{T}: Add {W}. Spend this mana only to cast an Angel spell.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Streets of New Capenna
Price
$1.08
EDHREC rank
#1688
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Giada, Font of Hope card art
Giada, Font of Hope lands on turn two, flies over blockers, and makes every Angel that follows it cheaper and larger — that's a two-mana card doing the work of a ramp piece, an anthem, and a threat simultaneously. The cost is that she does nothing outside Angel tribal, so shells like Shilgengar, Sire of Famine or go-wide flying decks that can field a Twilight Shepherd are the only homes worth considering.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

79.2% of decks · synergy 0.75

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine appears in nearly 80% of Giada, Font of Hope lists because Giada accelerates the expensive Angels that feed Shilgengar's sacrifice engine, letting the deck hit its payoffs a full turn earlier.

02
Sigarda, Font of Blessings

Sigarda, Font of Blessings

74.1% of decks · synergy 0.72

Sigarda, Font of Blessings and Giada, Font of Hope share a name for a reason — both reward stacking Angels, and Giada's +1/+1 counter trigger compounds with Sigarda's tribal card-advantage to make the board grow faster than opponents can answer it.

03
Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Avacyn, Angel of Hope

60.0% of decks · synergy 0.56

Avacyn, Angel of Hope decks run Giada, Font of Hope because shaving two mana off an eight-drop is the difference between casting Avacyn on curve and casting her a turn too late to matter.

04
Sephara, Sky's Blade

Sephara, Sky's Blade

57.4% of decks · synergy 0.54

Sephara, Sky's Blade already wants a wide board of cheap flying Angels for her alternative cost, and Giada, Font of Hope fills that role while also making every subsequent Angel enter larger.

05
Aurelia, the Warleader

Aurelia, the Warleader

45.6% of decks · synergy 0.44

Aurelia, the Warleader decks are Angel-heavy enough that Giada, Font of Hope functions as reliable ramp, and the counters she distributes turn even mid-sized Angels into combat threats that demand blocks on a double-attack turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Giada, Font of Hope is a Commander card — full stop. In 60-card formats where Angel tribal has no critical mass, she's a two-mana 2/2 flyer that occasionally draws a card when another Angel resolves, which is not a Modern or Pioneer-playable rate. Standard and Legacy are similarly uninterested; the tribal synergy density required to make her counters relevant doesn't exist in those metagames. In Commander, she's one of the strongest two-drops available to any white Angel deck, combining acceleration, anthem effects, and a relevant body into a single early play.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.08 cheap tier

At $1.08, Giada, Font of Hope is cheap for a card that shows up in roughly 80% of the highest-synergy Angel commanders' lists. That price reflects wide reprint availability more than low demand, and it makes her a mandatory inclusion rather than a budget concession.

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