Resplendent Marshal
Creature — Angel Warrior
Flying
When this creature enters or dies, you may exile another creature card from your graveyard. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control other than this creature that shares a creature type with the exiled card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Kaldheim Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11703
Resplendent Marshal enters and immediately spreads a +1/+1 counter to every Angel you control — and when it dies or leaves, it does it again. The two-mana cost for a 2/2 body looks unimpressive until you account for the double trigger: Giada, Font of Hope decks in particular treat this as a force-multiplier that scales with board size rather than a static buff.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope already puts +1/+1 counters on Angels as they enter, and Resplendent Marshal doubles down by layering counters across the entire board on arrival and again on exit — every Angel you cycle through becomes a counter delivery vehicle, and the two cards together turn even modest board states into fast, outsized threats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Resplendent Marshal earns its slot — Angel tribal is a perennial archetype with enough redundancy to make the enter-and-exit triggers fire repeatedly over a long game. In Modern and Pioneer, the 2/2 body is too fragile to anchor a competitive curve and white aggro has better two-drops, so it mostly stays on the shelf in those formats. Legacy doesn't have a shell that wants it, and Vintage certainly doesn't. Resplendent Marshal is a Commander card through and through: it rewards wide boards, repeated enters-the-battlefield effects, and the kind of incremental advantage that compounds over many turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available for Resplendent Marshal, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given that it's a build-around mythic with a narrow tribal home rather than a format staple, it tends to sit in a range that reflects Commander demand alone — worth grabbing if you're building Angels and see it reasonably priced.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.