Steel Seraph
Artifact Creature — Angel
Prototype 
— 3/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Flying
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gains your choice of flying, vigilance, or lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5598
Steel Seraph enters and immediately hands your best creature flying, vigilance, or lifelink — whichever keyword hurts your opponents most — and keeps that effect alive on a 3/4 flying body. The five-mana cost is real, but Megatron, Tyrant and similar artifact-synergy commanders treat it as an engine piece, not a curve-topper.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Megatron, Tyrant
Megatron, Tyrant converts artifacts into damage and resource advantage, and Steel Seraph does double duty: it's an artifact creature that triggers those payoffs and a keyword-granting engine that makes Megatron's combat threats — or Megatron himself — dramatically harder to race.
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope wants a high density of Angels to keep the +1/+1 counter engine churning, and Steel Seraph fits cleanly: it's a four-power Angel that also upgrades any other attacker with vigilance or lifelink the turn it lands, letting the deck press advantages on multiple axes at once.
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 |
In Commander, Steel Seraph earns its slot in artifact-matters builds and Angel tribal alike — the keyword grant is relevant the turn it resolves, so it's never a do-nothing play. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, five mana is a steep ask for an effect that doesn't close games on its own, and it sees little play there. Legacy and Vintage have so many broken options at five mana that Steel Seraph never registers. Where it consistently overperforms is Commander tables where handing a commander flying or lifelink can swing a game state, and the artifact type adds a second layer of utility for synergy commanders.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current price data for Steel Seraph isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its niche fit — strong in two or three archetypes, largely ignored elsewhere — it tends to price accordingly, and picking it up for any Angel or artifact Commander deck is unlikely to break a budget.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Megatron, Tyrant
- Giada, Font of Hope
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.