Archangel Elspeth

Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth

+1: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.
−2: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It becomes an Angel in addition to its other types and gains flying.
−6: Return all nonland permanent cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Loyalty: 4

Illustrated by: Cynthia Sheppard

Legality

Legal in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl

Rulings (3)

2023-04-14 For the last ability, if a card in your graveyard has in its mana cost, X is 0.
2023-04-14 The second ability doesn’t have a duration. It lasts until the creature leaves the battlefield.
2023-04-14 If the target of the second ability stops being a creature after the ability has resolved, it will also stop being an Angel until it becomes a creature again, if applicable.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.009 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Archangel Elspeth in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
March of the Machine (MOM), Premier Draft	61.5%	+6.8	+8.3	8973
March of the Machine (MOM), Sealed	64.7%	+9.3	+11.6	989

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen