Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier

Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #5 · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Angel // Legendary Creature — Angel

Mana cost: {3}{W}{W}

Flash
Flying, vigilance
When Archangel Avacyn enters, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
When a non-Angel creature you control dies, transform Archangel Avacyn at the beginning of the next upkeep.
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Flying
When this creature transforms into Avacyn, the Purifier, it deals 3 damage to each other creature and each opponent.

Power/toughness 4/4 · Illustrated by James Ryman · Released April 8, 2016

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 25, 2026: up $0.30 USD (10.1%) to $3.27 USD; low $2.97 USD, high $3.36 USD.

Printings

  1. Innistrad Remastered #11 (INR) · Mythic · 2025 · $3.41 USD
  2. Innistrad Remastered #449 (INR) · Mythic · 2025 · $1.96 USD
  3. Secret Lair Drop #1156 (SLD) · Mythic · 2023 · $22.64 USD foil
  4. Secret Lair Drop #1209 (SLD) · Mythic · 2023 · $7.03 USD
  5. Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #13 (SIR) · Mythic · 2023
  6. From the Vault: Transform #1 (V17) · Mythic · 2017 · $5.69 USD foil
  7. Shadows over Innistrad Promos #5s (PSOI) · Mythic · 2016 · $8.47 USD foil
  8. Shadows over Innistrad #5 (this printing) · Mythic · 2016 · $3.27 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-04-08 · wotc — Archangel Avacyn's delayed triggered ability won't cause it to transform back into Archangel Avacyn if it has already transformed into Avacyn, the Purifier, perhaps because several creatures died in one turn.
  2. 2016-04-08 · wotc — Archangel Avacyn's delayed triggered ability triggers at the beginning of the next upkeep regardless of whose turn it is.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Kaalia of the Vast · in 14% of 50 decks
  2. Dihada, Binder of Wills · in 12% of 49 decks

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