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Angel's Herald

{W}

Creature — Human Cleric

ALAShards of Alara#2uncommon

Rigorous faith and belief are rewarded on occasion, and richly so.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Greg Staples
Found in
Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings1EDHREC rank#27,786
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
{2}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a green creature, a white creature, and a blue creature: Search your library for a card named Empyrial Archangel, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
1/1
Plays as:
Tutor
Market · per finishspark updated 19m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+15.0%
$0.23
$0.02 low$0.01 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.26
$0.12 low$0.04 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.23· across 1 printing· you're viewing it

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 1, 2008
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    To activate the ability, you must sacrifice three different creatures. You can’t sacrifice just one three-colored creature, for example.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    You may sacrifice multicolored creatures as part of the cost of the search ability. If you sacrifice a multicolored creature this way, specify which part of the cost that creature is satisfying.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    You may sacrifice the Herald itself to help pay for the cost of its ability.