Angelic Skirmisher
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
GatecrashGTC · #3
- Card type
- Creature — Angel
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 3.81 € · ★ 8.47 € · 2.21 $ · ★ 3.55 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
Flying At the beginning of each combat, choose first strike, vigilance, or lifelink. Creatures you control gain that ability until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- David Rapoza
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2013-02-01
Flavour text
"A keen mind wields an army as a deft hand wields a sword."
Rulings
Only creatures you control when the ability resolves will gain the chosen ability. Creatures that come under your control later in the turn will not gain the ability.
You choose which ability creatures you control will gain when Angelic Skirmisher’s ability resolves. This happens before attacking creatures are declared.
