Herald of Faith
Creature — Angel
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17402
Herald of Faith puts a 4/4 flying lifelink body on the board that sustains itself by cycling in whenever you gain life — the engine is the card, not a separate combo piece. Five mana is a real ask, but the recursive threat means opponents have to answer it twice or more.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Herald of Faith slots cleanly into any white lifegain deck as a resilient threat that fights through removal by paying its own reentry fee. The five-mana cost is unremarkable at a table where the average game runs long enough for the recursion to matter. In Modern and Pioneer, five mana for a 4/4 is too slow without an immediate combo payoff — this is not a competitive constructed card. Standard is the exception where tempo is slower and lifegain synergies occasionally surface, but even there Herald of Faith sits at the edge of playable. Legacy and Vintage offer nothing here; the card is simply outclassed.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Herald of Faith isn't currently available in our system — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live quote. Given that it's a single-printing uncommon with a narrow synergy profile, it typically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing, making it an easy pickup if the deck calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.