Opal Archangel
Enchantment
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 5/5 Angel creature with flying and vigilance.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $2.21
- EDHREC rank
- #28629
Opal Archangel is a 5/5 flying vigilance body for seven mana that does nothing unless an opponent casts a creature spell — a conditional trigger that whiffs entirely in creature-light metas. The effect is real when it lands, but seven mana for a 5/5 that might just be a 5/5 is a bad deal in almost every context.
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 |
In Commander, Opal Archangel competes in a format where opponents are almost always casting creatures, so the trigger fires regularly — but seven mana for a reactive 5/5 vigilance flier is well behind rate on power-level grounds. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats, but creature-based threats end games faster than a seven-drop reactive angel ever could, so it sees no meaningful play there. Opal Archangel is effectively a Commander-only consideration, and even there it belongs only in dedicated angels or lifegain shells that can justify the slot on raw stats alone.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$2.21 cheap tier
At $2.21, Opal Archangel sits in the cheap tier — low enough to be a casual pickup without hesitation. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb, so there's no urgency to acquiring a copy.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.