SelesnyaLegendary Creature — Human Rebel WarlockRinoa Heartilly
Mana value5Rank#14,477
The Commander
When Rinoa Heartilly enters, create Angelo, a legendary 1/1 green and white Dog creature token.
Angelo Cannon — Whenever Rinoa Heartilly attacks, another target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control.
Guide
Gameplan
Flood the board with creatures, then swing with Rinoa to dump a massive +1/+1 pump (equal to your creature count) onto a single threat with evasion to deal lopsided combat damage. You play a go-wide GW tokens shell that pivots into a pseudo-Voltron finish, using Angelo and your widest turn to turn one attacker into a one-shot kill.
Strengths
- Built-in token generation and a scaling pump that rewards going wide
- GW has the best token producers and anthem support in the format
- Pump can be redirected each combat to whichever creature has evasion or double strike
- Resilient board presence—creatures stay even if Rinoa is removed
Weaknesses
- Angelo Cannon only pumps when Rinoa attacks, so she must survive and connect
- Board wipes are devastating to a go-wide plan and shrink your pump
- No card advantage or ramp built into the commander
- Single-target pump is blunted by a single chump blocker without trample/evasion
Key Cards
- Rancor — Cheap recurring trample makes the Angelo Cannon pump unblockable for a one-shot kill.
- Shadowspear — Grants trample and lifelink so the buffed attacker punches through and stabilizes you.
- Intangible Virtue — Anthems your token army wider and harder, raising both board damage and the pump value.
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar — Floods the board with tokens each combat, directly scaling Rinoa's per-creature buff.
- Cathars' Crusade — Every token and creature you cast stacks counters, snowballing alongside the Cannon.
- Skullclamp — Turns your expendable 1/1 tokens into a relentless card-draw engine.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient ramp (Sol Ring, Birds of Paradise, Smothering Tithe) and protection (Heroic Intervention, Teferi's Protection) so Rinoa reliably attacks and your board survives wipes. Lean into trample and double strike enablers—Rancor, Shadowspear, Berserkers' Onslaught—to guarantee the pump connects, and finish faster with Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the Hordes. Tighten the curve with strong token producers and anthems while cutting durdly cards to keep pressure high.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Pump a single evasive/trampling attacker for a one-shot or near-lethal combat hit
- ▸Overrun the table with a wide token board plus an anthem effect
- ▸Pivot to commander damage by stacking the buff onto Rinoa or another voltron piece
- ▸Finish with a mass pump like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overrun off the wide board
Archetypes
- Go-Wide Tokens — Her pump scales with creature count, so more bodies means a bigger swing.
- Voltron — Angelo Cannon concentrates a huge buff onto one evasive attacker for lethal hits.
- +1/+1 Counters — Pairs naturally with counter payoffs like Cathars' Crusade and Hardened Scales for permanent growth.
- Aggro Midrange — GW creature beatdown with an explosive alpha-strike finisher.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GW), by popularity.
