Angel of Sanctions

Card text

Flying

When this creature enters, you may exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield.

Embalm {5}{W} ({5}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Angel with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

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

Other printings of Angel of Sanctions

Angel of Sanctions has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Angel of Sanctions, newest first.

• 2017-07-14 If a spell or ability puts a creature card with embalm into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately after that spell or ability resolves. You can activate the creature card's embalm ability before any player can exile it with an effect, such as that of Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.
• 2017-07-14 Once you've activated an embalm ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
• 2017-04-18 If Angel of Sanctions leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.
• 2017-04-18 If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
• 2017-04-18 If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
• 2017-04-18 Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist.
• 2017-04-18 The exiled card returns to the battlefield immediately after Angel of Sanctions leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions.
• 2017-04-18 The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.

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