Akroma, Angel of Fury (Commander)

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Josh Nelson
Aug 6, 2025
5 Magic Characters Who Deserved Better Story Treatment
For every Gerrard or Jace in the Magic story, there's also a Zagorka and a Feroz. Here are five characters who deserved better!
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Big Score
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Unleash Fury
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Pyroblast
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Fry
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Chandra's Ignition
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Glimpse the Impossible
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Banefire
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Crackle with Power
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Light Up the Stage
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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The Fire Crystal
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Basilisk Collar
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Mithril Coat
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Blackblade Reforged
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Commander's Plate
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Shadowspear
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Fireshrieker
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Embercleave
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Gauntlet of Might
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Voyager Staff
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Endless Atlas
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The Reaver Cleaver
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Fire Nation Turret
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Darksteel Plate
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Doubling Cube
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Ring of Valkas
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Loxodon Warhammer
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Hammer of Nazahn
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Mind's Eye
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Helm of the Host
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Fiery Emancipation
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Gratuitous Violence
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Blood Moon
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Descent into Avernus
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Mana Flare
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Claws of Valakut
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Count on Luck
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Curse of Opulence
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City on Fire
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Smoke
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Bitter Reunion
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Stranglehold
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Blood Mist
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Rising of the Day
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Collective Inferno
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Vessel of Volatility
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Shiny Impetus
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Price of Glory
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Furnace of Rath
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Fires of Invention
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Pyrohemia
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Planeswalkers
Koth, Fire of Resistance
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Koth of the Hammer
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance
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Jeska, Thrice Reborn
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Chandra, Dressed to Kill
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Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
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War Room
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Arena of Glory
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Rogue's Passage
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Command Beacon
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Forgotten Cave
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Great Furnace
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Hanweir Battlements
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Ghost Quarter
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Sol Ring
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Arcane Signet
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Caged Sun
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Fire Diamond
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Gauntlet of Power
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Mind Stone
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Throne of Eldraine
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Cursed Mirror
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Gilded Lotus
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Thran Dynamo
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Glittering Stockpile
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Fellwar Stone
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Liquimetal Torque
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Commander's Sphere
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Thought Vessel
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Sceptre of Eternal Glory
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Everflowing Chalice
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Heraldic Banner
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Coldsteel Heart
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Hedron Archive
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Worn Powerstone
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Mox Opal
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Lotus Bloom
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Lands
Mountain
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Myriad Landscape
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Valakut Awakening
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Snow-Covered Mountain
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5%synergy
Sundering Eruption
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Kazuul's Fury
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Pinnacle Monk
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Shatterskull Smashing
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Evolving Wilds
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