Commander of the Week: Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Meet Avacyn, Angel of Horror, a Mono-Black Legendary Creature - Angel that shows up to your Commander table with flying and deathtouch, and then refuses to let anyone stay dead. Whenever Avacyn or another nontoken creature you control dies, that card returns to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. That makes her a one-card graveyard-defying engine, and she can bring herself back too. Wrath effects, spot removal, and combat trades all start to look a lot less scary when your whole team gets a second shot at the end of the turn.

So what does this deck want to do? Lean into the cycle of dying and returning. Think aristocrats-style sacrifice outlets, creatures with enter-the-battlefield effects that you can re

Mono-Black

Flying, deathtouch
Whenever Avacyn or another nontoken creature you control dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Strengths: Value engine.

Full commander page Decklists on EDHREC

🧩 Staples for this deck

✔️ Auto-includes (you probably already run these): Sol Ring, Command Tower, Arcane Signet, Exotic Orchard, Reliquary Tower, Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Path of Ancestry.

$8.98

$10.33

$66.17

$2.60

$0.23

$3.32

$27.84

$50.22

🪙 Budget picks (under $2€2)

$1.58

$0.43

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$0.36

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