Card
Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
Mana cost {2}{W}
Legendary Creature — Angel Knight 3/3
Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Angel you control.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 3 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FRA · #201
- Cheapest printing
- €1.35
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- White
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
3 known combos.
- Shalai and Hallar + Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite damage
View on Commander Spellbook - All Will Be One + Exquisite Blood + Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite lifegain
View on Commander Spellbook - All Will Be One + Bloodthirsty Conqueror + Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite lifegain
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2026-08-21 · Wizards of the Coast
If an Angel you control is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from Lyra's ability in time to save it. - 2026-08-21 · Wizards of the Coast
If more than one creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage at the same time, Lyra's last ability will trigger once for each of those creatures.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast