Angel of Destiny

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Angel of Destiny: Creature - Angel Cleric, Zendikar Rising. Flying, double strike. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Angel Cleric
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/6
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
Released
2020-09-25
Collector number
2
Artist
Ryan Pancoast
Commander rank
2,953 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Double strike, Flying

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About Angel of Destiny

Angel of Destiny is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white creature from Zendikar Rising (ZNR), an expansion set released in September 2020. It is collector number 2 in that set, with art by Ryan Pancoast. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/6 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.91 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying, double strike

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each gain that much life.

At the beginning of your end step, if you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, each player this creature attacked this turn loses the game.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.91 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Angel of Destiny by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Angel of Destiny

Angel of Destiny has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #ZNR-2Mythic2023
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #83786Mythic2020
Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #2pMythic2020
Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #2sMythic2020
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #314Mythic2020

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Angel of Destiny, newest first.

  • All first-strike combat damage is dealt at the same time, and, separately, all regular combat damage is dealt at the same time. If one of those amounts of combat damage is enough to cause the player being dealt damage to lose the game, Angel of Destiny's first triggered ability has you gain life, but the other player has already lost the game and can't gain life.
  • If Angel of Destiny leaves the battlefield before your end step, its last ability won't trigger and won't cause a player to lose the game, even if Angel of Destiny attacked that player earlier.
  • If a creature you control somehow deals combat damage to you (most likely because its combat damage was redirected), you gain twice that much life as a single life-gaining event.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Angel of Destiny's last ability can trigger as long as your team's life total is greater than your team's starting life total by 15 or more life.

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Angel of Destiny is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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