BorosLegendary Creature — Angel // Legendary Creature — AngelArchangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
Mana value5Rank#7,396
The Commander
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.
Flying
When this creature transforms into Avacyn, the Purifier, it deals 3 damage to each other creature and each opponent.
Guide
Gameplan
Archangel Avacyn is a Boros midrange/aggro flash threat that protects your board and flips into a one-sided board wipe. You flash her in to blank a wrath or save attackers with indestructible, then sacrifice or trade a non-Angel creature to transform her, dealing 3 to all other creatures and each opponent. Beat down with a resilient, evasive board while punishing opposing creature decks.
Strengths
Weaknesses
- The flip can wipe your own small creatures and tokens if you're not careful
- Boros lacks card advantage and ramp without help
- Vulnerable to exile and bounce removal that ignores indestructible
- Needs setup (a non-Angel dying) to control when the flip triggers, which can be awkward
Key Cards
- Goblin Bombardment — Free sacrifice outlet lets you transform Avacyn on your terms for a controlled board wipe.
- Boros Charm — Gives your team indestructible to survive Avacyn's flip damage and protect against wraths.
- Sun Titan — Recurs your small creatures and synergizes as a fodder body to flip Avacyn.
- Heroic Intervention — Protects your board from the flip damage and from opposing removal at instant speed.
- Dockside Extortionist — Explosive ramp that fuels flashing Avacyn and other expensive Boros threats.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and ramp (Sol Ring, Smothering Tithe, Dockside Extortionist) to flash her out early and consistently. Improve card advantage with Esper Sentinel, Mentor of the Meek, and Sword of Fire and Ice, and tune the sacrifice package (Goblin Bombardment, Viscera Seer) so you control the flip while keeping your own board protected with mass indestructible effects like Flawless Maneuver.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Repeated combat damage from an evasive, indestructible board
- ▸Flipping Avacyn for 3 damage to each opponent, often as part of a burn finish
- ▸Using the one-sided wipe to clear blockers and swing for lethal
Archetypes
- Aristocrats — Sacrifice outlets reliably kill a non-Angel creature to trigger and control Avacyn's transformation.
- Midrange Aggro — Indestructible attackers plus flying vigilance let you apply pressure while staying protected.
- Blink/Flicker — Repeatedly retriggering her ETB indestructible blanks wraths and combat removal.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
