---
name: "Blinding Angel"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Angel"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Todd Lockwood"
oracle_id: "cb479ce1-59e8-4531-9a21-f7c97d334817"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blinding-angel-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blinding Angel
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Angel
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player skips their next combat phase.

> *"Their eyes will shrivel and blacken before faith's true light."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sustainer of the Realm](/printing/sustainer-of-the-realm-j21.md) — Creature — Angel
2. [Seraph of the Sword](/printing/seraph-of-the-sword-m14.md) — Creature — Angel
3. [Guardian of the Gateless](/printing/guardian-of-the-gateless-gtc.md) — Creature — Angel
4. [Angelic Skirmisher](/printing/angelic-skirmisher-pgtc.md) — Creature — Angel
5. [Sunblast Angel](/printing/sunblast-angel-ddi.md) — Creature — Angel
6. [Angel of the Dire Hour](/printing/angel-of-the-dire-hour-c14.md) — Creature — Angel

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #3
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Todd Lockwood
- **Total Printings:** 29 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`