---
name: "Angel's Herald"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "9e4db334-4698-4986-820f-1daf1bffda83"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/angels-herald-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Angel's Herald
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{2}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a green creature, a white creature, and a blue creature: Search your library for a card named Empyrial Archangel, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

> *Rigorous faith and belief are rewarded on occasion, and richly so.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Behemoth's Herald](/printing/behemoths-herald-ala.md) — Creature — Elf Shaman
2. [Sphinx's Herald](/printing/sphinxs-herald-ala.md) — Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
3. [Demon's Herald](/printing/demons-herald-ala.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Sacred Guide](/printing/sacred-guide-tmp.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Angel's Tomb](/printing/angels-tomb-inr.md) — Artifact
6. [Starfield Shepherd](/printing/starfield-shepherd-eoe.md) — Creature — Angel

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #2
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`