Lady Evangela
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
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: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $36.77
- EDHREC rank
- #27406
Lady Evangela taps to prevent all combat damage a target creature would deal this turn — a repeatable, per-creature fog stapled to a 1/2 body for three mana. The effect is real, but paying three mana for a fragile creature to slow down one attacker at a time is a tough sell in any competitive room.
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 |
Lady Evangela is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and sees essentially zero play in all of them. In Commander, the tap ability can pull political weight — neutralizing a general or a Craterhoof Behemoth swing for a turn — but three mana up front plus the tap cost means you're trading significant tempo for a single combat step. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 1/2 that doesn't affect the stack. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where her Esper color identity opens up pillowfort signatures, but even there she's outclassed by cheaper, more resilient options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Lady Evangela's effect maps closest to Teferí's Protection and Fog effects, but for a repeatable creature-based version, Spurnmage Advocate and Baird, Argivian Recruiter cover adjacent ground at a fraction of the price. If the goal is purely deterrence — making attackers think twice — Ghostly Prison ($3) or Propaganda ($4) accomplish that without requiring a tap and without dying to a stiff breeze.
Price Context
Current price
$36.77 premium tier
At $36.77, Lady Evangela sits in premium territory driven almost entirely by Reserved List scarcity, not gameplay demand. The price reflects collector interest in an old, never-reprinted rare — don't buy this to play it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.