Anya, Merciless Angel

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Anya, Merciless Angel: Legendary Creature - Angel, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}{W}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Angel
Colour identity
White and red (WR)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
199
Artist
Alisa Lee
Commander rank
11,285 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Anya, Merciless Angel

Anya, Merciless Angel is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and red legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 199 in that set, with art by Alisa Lee. It costs {3}{R}{W} (three generic, one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander 2015 (2015) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Anya gets +3/+3 for each opponent whose life total is less than half their starting life total.

As long as an opponent's life total is less than half their starting life total, Anya has indestructible.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.50 (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 Anya, Merciless Angel by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Anya, Merciless Angel

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

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #8Mythic2018
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #94Rare2015
Commander 2015 (C15) #41Mythic2015

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Anya, Merciless Angel, newest first.

  • Damage dealt to Anya is tracked even if Anya has indestructible. For example, if Anya is dealt what would be lethal damage and Anya loses indestructible (perhaps because each opponent's life total is too high), it will be destroyed the next time state-based actions are performed. However, the check for whether a creature dealt damage by a source with deathtouch is destroyed happens only the first time that state-based actions are performed after that damage-dealing event.
  • If a player's starting life total is odd (Commander Vanguard? Sweet.), half that player's life total will be a fraction, and that's okay. For example, if an opponent's starting life total is 41, half that number is 20 ½. If that player's life total is 20 or less, Anya will have indestructible.
  • If damage is dealt to Anya and to your opponents at the same time, Anya may gain indestructible and/or extra toughness before state-based actions are checked. Similarly, if damage is dealt to Anya by a source with lifelink controlled by an opponent, Anya may lose indestructible and/or toughness before state-based actions are checked.

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