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Angel of Despair
Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, destroy target permanent.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Angel of Despair is a classic Orzhov-style finisher that fits best in control and midrange value decks, where its body and removal spell are both meaningful. A 5/5 flyer for seven mana already pressures life totals and ends games quickly, but the real prize is the enters-the-battlefield trigger: destroying any target permanent, not just a creature, makes it flexible against planeswalkers, artifacts, enchantments, lands, or oversized threats. That broad answer gives it strong swing potential in slower games, especially when you can recur or blink it with cards that reuse enter-the-battlefield effects. In Commander, reanimation shells and blink-value builds love this card because each return can become another one-for-one or better. The name and art-facing flavor suggest a punishing, judgmental angel, and the gameplay matches that image perfectly: a costly but devastating enforcer that stabilizes the board and then closes with evasive pressure.
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Character Background
Angel of Despair is a classic Orzhov-style finisher that fits best in control and midrange value decks, where its body and removal spell are both meaningful. A 5/5 flyer for seven mana already pressures life totals and ends games quickly, but the real prize is the enters-the-battlefield trigger: destroying any target permanent, not just a creature, makes it flexible against planeswalkers, artifacts, enchantments, lands, or oversized threats. That broad answer gives it strong swing potential in slower games, especially when you can recur or blink it with cards that reuse enter-the-battlefield effects. In Commander, reanimation shells and blink-value builds love this card because each return can become another one-for-one or better. The name and art-facing flavor suggest a punishing, judgmental angel, and the gameplay matches that image perfectly: a costly but devastating enforcer that stabilizes the board and then closes with evasive pressure.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 13:20:45 UTC