Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings: decklist, contents and value

A 100-card Commander precon from Secret Lair Drop, led by Gisela, the Broken Blade and released August 2023. Everything the box shipped, and what it is worth today.

Was Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings worth buying?

Yes, clearly — the singles are worth several times what the deck cost at release.

Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings sold for $149.99 direct from Wizards of the Coast. Its singles are worth $680.87 today — 4.54× what you paid, over the 3 years since it sold.

That is a return over time, not a judgment about the day it launched: the sale price in that sentence is from the day it sold and the singles value is from today. An older deck has had longer for its cards to move, which is why age is quoted alongside the multiple.

Card prices as of 2026-10-16. Sale price: Wizards of the Coast, verified 2026-08-06.

Where the value sits

The single most valuable card in Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings is Archangel of Thune, at $99.30 — 15% of everything the deck is worth. No single card carries this deck — its value is spread across the list.

Alongside it, $86.04 of the total sits in Gisela, the Broken Blade and $77.34 in Bruna, the Fading Light. Those three names are 39% of what Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings is worth. That leaves the other 97 cards at $418.19 between them.

As of 2026-10-16, by singles value it is the 1st most valuable of the 198 precon decks we price, and the most valuable of the 9 decks in Secret Lair Drop.

This deck has been out of print for years, so shops no longer sell it at its release price. Whatever a sealed copy costs today has moved away from that figure — in one direction or the other — and the comparison above is about what the deck cost when it was on shelves, not what it costs now.

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Is it worth chasing? Our Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings review covers how the deck plays, where its value concentrates, and whether to buy it sealed or rebuild the list from singles. Read the Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings review →

The deck at a glance

Gisela, the Broken Blade
Gisela, the Broken Blade
Bracket
No floorno Game Changers or land denial
0Game Changers
0Mass land denial
0Extra turns
2Nonland tutors
Mana curve
Mana sources
W38

As shipped: 100 cards, 39 lands (30 basic), 27 creatures, average mana value 3.57. Mana sources: 38 white. No Game Changers and no mass land denial, so the deck sets no bracket floor. How brackets work →

The full Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings decklist

Every card the box shipped, in the printings it shipped them. Hover any name to see the card.

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Commander 1

  • Gisela, the Broken Blade

Creatures 26

  • Angel of Destiny
  • Angel of Finality
  • Angel of Serenity
  • Angel of the Ruins
  • Angel of Vitality
  • Angelic Field Marshal
  • Archangel of Thune
  • Archangel of Tithes
  • Arden Angel
  • Bishop of Wings
  • Breathkeeper Seraph
  • Bruna, the Fading Light
  • Dawnbreak Reclaimer
  • Emeria Shepherd
  • Giada, Font of Hope
  • Keeper of the Accord
  • Nykthos Paragon
  • Righteous Valkyrie
  • Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • Serra Ascendant
  • Shattered Angel
  • Speaker of the Heavens
  • Starnheim Aspirant
  • Sunblast Angel
  • Thalia's Lancers
  • Valkyrie Harbinger

Planeswalkers 1

  • Ajani, Strength of the Pride

Instants 3

  • Invoke the Divine
  • Path to Exile
  • Swords to Plowshares

Sorceries 5

  • Austere Command
  • Cleansing Nova
  • Dismantling Wave
  • Entreat the Angels
  • Search for Glory

Artifacts 20

  • Arcane Signet
  • Commander's Plate
  • Cosmos Elixir
  • Endless Atlas
  • Everflowing Chalice
  • Heirloom Blade
  • Lightning Greaves
  • Marble Diamond
  • Mazemind Tome
  • Mind Stone
  • Oketra's Monument
  • Pearl Medallion
  • Sol Ring
  • Swiftfoot Boots
  • Sword of the Animist
  • The Book of Exalted Deeds
  • Tome of Legends
  • Urza's Incubator
  • Vanquisher's Banner
  • Well of Lost Dreams

Enchantments 5

  • Angelic Accord
  • Court of Grace
  • Dawn of Hope
  • Griffin Aerie
  • Kindred Boon

Lands 39

  • Arch of Orazca
  • Bonders' Enclave
  • Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • Karoo
  • Myriad Landscape
  • Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • Path of Ancestry
  • 30× Plains
  • Seraph Sanctuary
  • War Room

FAQ

Is Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings worth buying?

Yes, clearly — the singles are worth several times what the deck cost at release. It cost $149.99 at release and its singles are worth $680.87 today, 4.54× what you paid.

What comes in the Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings precon?

A 100-card Commander deck led by Gisela, the Broken Blade, released August 2023 in Secret Lair Drop. The full decklist is on this page.

Is Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings worth chasing?

We have a full review of this deck: how it plays, where its value concentrates, and whether to buy it sealed or rebuild the list from singles. Read the Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings review.