---
name: "Weeping Angel"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Alien Angel"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Vigilance", "First strike", "Flash"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "549"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jack Hughes"
oracle_id: "1a89c623-c9c3-443c-bbd3-834767b6bdb8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/weeping-angel-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Weeping Angel
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Alien Angel
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Vigilance, First strike, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
First strike, vigilance
Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this creature isn't a creature until end of turn.
If this creature would deal combat damage to a creature, prevent that damage and that creature's owner shuffles it into their library.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Angel of the Dire Hour](/printing/angel-of-the-dire-hour-c14.md) — Creature — Angel
2. [Opal Archangel](/printing/opal-archangel-usg.md) — Enchantment
3. [Angelic Arbiter](/printing/angelic-arbiter-cmd.md) — Creature — Angel
4. [Angelic Skirmisher](/printing/angelic-skirmisher-pgtc.md) — Creature — Angel
5. [Haunting Figment](/printing/haunting-figment-j25.md) — Creature — Illusion
6. [Ethersworn Shieldmage](/printing/ethersworn-shieldmage-arc.md) — Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #549
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jack Hughes
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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