Sigarda's Vanguard
Creature — Angel
Flash
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, choose any number of creatures with different powers. Those creatures gain double strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Price
- $1.16
- EDHREC rank
- #8433
Sigarda's Vanguard hands your whole team double strike at instant speed — the kind of combat trick that ends games rather than wins a trade. Six mana is steep, but in an Angel tribal shell where Giada, Font of Hope has been accelerating your curve all game, you're often casting this on turn four or five with a board that can immediately close.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope floods the board with Angels fast enough that Sigarda's Vanguard's six-mana activation becomes a one-shot kill rather than a desperation play — every Angel Giada cheated into play suddenly swings for double.
Sigarda, Font of Blessings
Sigarda, Font of Blessings leans into an Angel-tribal gameplan that wants a finisher with immediate board-wide impact, and Sigarda's Vanguard delivers exactly that — flash timing means you can hold up interaction and pivot to an alpha strike on a moment's notice.
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 |
Commander is where Sigarda's Vanguard actually belongs — six mana is fine when you're playing 40-life games with tribal acceleration behind you, and the instant-speed double-strike effect is uniquely punishing in a format where opponents rarely expect the all-in swing. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but the card has no competitive footing there; six-mana sorcery-speed-in-practice effects don't make those rosters. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning: an Angel-themed build with the right planeswalker can goldfish a kill fast enough that Sigarda's Vanguard earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.16 cheap tier
At $1.16, Sigarda's Vanguard sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to snap up without deliberation. Given its narrow tribal home and moderate inclusion rate, there's no pressure to buy multiples, but at this price it's an easy include for any Angel deck evaluating combat finishers.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Sigarda, Font of Blessings
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.