Haunted Angel
Creature — Angel
Flying
When this creature dies, exile it and each other player creates a 3/3 black Angel creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #22202
Haunted Angel enters and immediately gives every opponent a 4/4 flying token — a three-mana 4/4 flyer is a real body, but you're paying for it with a board full of threats you just handed out. In a Kambal, Profiteering Mayor shell that taxes those tokens into life-drain triggers, the downside flips into an engine; everywhere else, you're just doing opponents a favor.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor converts every token Haunted Angel distributes into a drain trigger, turning what looks like a liability into three simultaneous life-loss clocks — one Angel can swing the life total math by double digits on the spot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Haunted Angel is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table is the only context where giving three opponents 4/4 flyers can be a feature rather than a catastrophic misprint. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a three-mana 4/4 that hands the opponent a 4/4 is unplayable; no competitive shell wants to gift the table anything. Commander is where the symmetry breaks down favorably: token-taxation commanders like Kambal punish opponents for having those tokens, aristocrats payoffs trigger off the flood of creatures entering, and the sheer board presence Haunted Angel generates can stabilize a stalled game or seed a sacrifice engine in one shot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Haunted Angel is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap order filler. It's a narrow card with a small target audience, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.