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|name= Angel Blade
|Manufacturer= [[Angels]]
|Powers= Can kill [[Angels]], [[Archangels]], [[Hellhounds]], [[Demons]], [[Reapers]], [[Nephilim]] and Humans.
|location= [[Angels]]<br>[[Sam Winchester]]<br>[[Dean Winchester]]<br>[[Crowley]]
|episodes= See below
The weapon could be described as a long dagger or a short sword. It can be used to kill [[angel]]s, [[demon]]s, [[hellhound]]s and [[archangel]]s. It has not been revealed how an angel creates a blade. It also can drain an angel of their power, as shown with [[Castiel]] when he is wounded by [[Rachel]]'s blade, which causes him to lose most of his angelic power. It is also an efficient tool for torturing an angel as shown when [[Crowley]] tortures [[Samandriel]] with one.
Although [[Uriel]] stated that the only thing capable of killing an [[angel]] is another angel, it seems that the blades are still effective in the hands of a human or [[demon]]. [[Castiel]] gives his blade to the Winchesters to use on [[Anna]],<ref name="five13">[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]</ref> and [[Dean Winchester]] kills [[Zachariah]] with one as well<ref name="five18">[[5.18 Point of No Return]]</ref> and later another angel to save [[Ezekiel]].<ref>[[9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]]</ref> [[Sam]] is later able to use Castiel's sword blade to kill two [[demon]]s.<ref name="eight10">[[8.10 Torn and Frayed]]</ref> During an angelic fight, Rachel manages to pierce Castiel in the chest with her blade, but he survives, and he kills her. [[Meg]] is later able to use one to kill [[hellhound]]s, [[Hester]] and a demon.
It may be that the higher the rank of an [[angel]], the more powerful the blade he carries. [[Kali]] refers to [[Gabriel]]'s blade as "an [[archangel]]'s blade." Gabriel's blade was capable of killing archangels, including himself. When an [[angel]] is killed by this weapon, they explode with an intense white light and their wings are burned like ash onto the ground where their body lies. Archangels may only be vulnerable to archangel blades, and are immune to regular angel blades because the Winchesters never attempt to kill [[Lucifer]] with an angel blade. However, [[Dean]] and [[Bobby]] attempt to kill [[Raphael]] with an [[angel]] blade in [[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much]]. After [[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much]] the angelic blade is ineffective against [[Castiel]] after he becomes the new [[God]].
In [[812.19 Taxi Driver23 All Along the Watchtower]], it is shown that an Castiel's attempt to kill Lucifer with a standard angel blade showed that archangels can kill a [[reaper]], as demonstrated when [[Crowley]] kills the rogue reaper [[Ajay]] only be killed with one of his angel blades. In [[8.21 The Great Escapist]], Crowley has a blade melted-down into bullets for [[Crowley's Gun|a gun]]. As long as the wound is fatal, the bullets work just as well as the sword itself. Angel archangel blades have been shown to be able to kill [[Nephilim]] in [[8.22 Clip Show]].
==Episodes==
===[[4.16 On the Head of a Pin]]===
[[Uriel]], a supporter of [[Lucifer]], is trying to recruit [[angel]]s to his cause, which is to help free Lucifer from [[Hell]]. When they refuse, Uriel kills them with his angel blade. When [[Castiel]] realizes Uriel's betrayal, he draws his sword blade from his sleeve, but quickly loses it in the ensuing fight. [[Anna]] eventually picks it up and stabs Uriel through the throat with it, killing him.
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|[[File:UrielAngelSword.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Uriel]] has something up his sleeve.]]
[[Castiel]] carries the blade with him when he meets with [[Anna]]. It is also one of the items that Castiel puts in the bag he gives to [[Sam]] before they travel through time. A young [[Mary Winchester]] uses this blade to defend herself against Anna, but it is knocked out of her hand.
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|[[File:CasAngelSword.jpg|350px|thumb|CassCastie' swords blade]]
|[[File:Mary vs. Anna.PNG|350px|thumb|[[Mary Winchester]] fights [[Anna]].]]
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|[[File:DeanKillsZach.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Dean]] stabs [[Zachariah]] with an angel blade.]]
|[[File:Zachdead.png|thumb|350px|The death of [[Zachariah]].]]
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===[[6.03 The Third Man]]===
A number of swords blades are seen in this episode. [[Castiel]] and the [[angel|soldier]] of [[Raphael]] use them in the fight in the Winchester's motel room, though the fight ends with a fall out a window, rather than in death. At [[Balthazar]]'s house, [[Sam]] threatens another soldier, who has his own swordblade, with one of the weapons to distract him. The angel holds his sword blade to Sam's throat, but [[Dean]] [[Angel Banishing Sigil|banishes him]] instead of trying to kill him. Castiel throws his sword blade into the chest of a third armed soldier after pleading with him to lay down his weapon. Finally, [[Raphael]] intends to kill [[Castiel]] with a swordblade, but is stopped by [[Balthazar]].
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|[[File:CrossedSwords.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Castiel]] crosses swords blades with a soldier of [[Raphael]].]]
|[[File:AngelDeath603.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Castiel]] kills one of [[Raphael]]'s soldiers.]]
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===[[6.18 Frontierland]]===
[[Rachel]] confronts [[Castiel]] in a warehouse over his tactics. She attacks, and stabs him in the abdomen with a swordblade. He manages to pull it out and fight back, eventually killing her with her own swordblade. His wound does not immediately heal, and light emanates from it. He seems severely weakened by the injury.
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|[[File:RachelStabbed.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Rachel]] is stabbed by [[Castiel]] after confronting him about his "dirty little secret."]]
===[[7.21 Reading Is Fundamental]]===
When [[Hester]] orders [[Inias]] to attack her, [[Meg]] reveals that she has acquired one of these swords blades and slashes Inias' palm with it. Before the situation can deteriorate too far, [[Dean]] [[Angel Banishing Sigil|banishes]] the [[angel]]s and Meg reveals that she got the sword blade as "a lot of angels have died this year," but is cut off by [[Kevin Tran]] before she can explain further. After finding the group, [[Hester]] attacks [[Castiel]] and beats him badly while holding a sword blade in her grasp. As she prepares to kill him with her swordblade, Meg stabs Hester from behind with the sword blade she acquired, killing her.
[[File:CrowleyAngelSword.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Crowley]] with a bloody angel blade, from torturing [[Samandriel]].]]
===[[8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin]]===
[[Crowley]] has acquired one of these swords blades and uses it to torture the locations of the future [[prophet]]s out of [[Samandriel]]. He eventually stops the torture when he learns the next generation of prophets hasn't been born yet, but doesn't kill Samadriel as he may still be useful.
When confronting Crowley, [[Castiel]] draws his angel blade to use on the [[demon]] and Crowley summons his own, believing that in Castiel's weakened state he doesn't stand a chance against him. Holding the swordblade, Castiel starts to use his powers on Crowley who believes he is bluffing but ultimately flees instead of attacking, getting only half of the [[Tablets|demon tablet]] as Castiel breaks it and gets the other half.
===[[8.10 Torn and Frayed]]===
When invading [[Crowley]]'s base, [[Castiel]] gives his angel blade to [[Sam]], telling him it can kill [[demon]]s too. While [[Dean]] distracts a demon, Sam stabs it from behind with the swordblade, killing it. He later kills another demon with the sword blade after it attacks him. Sam gets attacked by a third demon, but is unable to break free and stab it with the swordblade, but Dean kills it with [[Ruby's Knife]]. After seeing how weakened Castiel is by the [[Enochian]] symbols in the building, Sam gives him back his sword blade to protect himself with.
Later, on [[Naomi]]'s orders, Castiel stabs and kills [[Samandriel]] with his sword blade for being a traitor for revealing the existence of the [[Tablets|angel tablet]].
[[File:CasSword.jpg|thumb|left|358px|[[Castiel]] stands over [[Dean]], prepared to kill him.]]
===[[8.17 Goodbye Stranger]]===
During a test by [[Naomi]], [[Castiel]] ruthlessly stabs and kills a copy of [[Dean]] with his swordblade, proving the changes Naomi has instilled in him and her control over him. Hundreds of other Dean copies are seen dead of sword blade wounds as well.
While interrogating a [[demon]] that has [[possessed]] a woman who knows a lot about a certain town, [[Castiel]] stabs her in both hands to torture her for information. The demon eventually breaks and tells them that they are looking for [[Lucifer's Crypts]] and that they are getting the locations from [[Meg|a hostage]] at the Murray Hotel. As the demon is about to reveal that the demons are actually searching for the [[Tablets|angel tablet]] rather than a translating parchment as Castiel claims, he kills her with his sword blade on Naomi's orders.
After learning that a [[demon]] has failed him in the search for the [[angel]] tablet and that he has also lost [[Meg]], [[Crowley]] kills the demon with an angel blade.
When two demons attack her and [[Sam]] outside the warehouse where the crypt is, Meg pulls her angel blade to fight and eventually kill one of the demons. Eventually Crowley shows up and he and Meg face off armed with their swordsblades.
After finding the angel tablet, [[Castiel]], under [[Naomi]]'s orders, beats [[Dean]] to get the tablet while holding his swordblade, but resists killing him with it. Ultimately Dean breaks through to Castiel who drops his sword blade and picks up the tablet which breaks Naomi's control over him.
[[Crowley]] easily defeats [[Meg]], but after seeing that [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] are leaving without [[Castiel]] who she realizes has the tablet, Meg stabs Crowley in the shoulder with her swordblade, only slightly injuring him. In retaliation, Crowley stabs Meg with his own swordblade, killing her.
===[[8.19 Taxi Driver]]===
After interrogating rogue [[reaper]] [[Ajay]], [[Crowley]] kills him with his [[angel]] sword blade to ensure that he doesn't get [[Sam]] out of [[Purgatory]] after he is done sneaking into [[Hell]].
===[[8.21 The Great Escapist]]===
[[File:Angels-823.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Naomi]] and her foot soldiers kidnap [[Metatron]].]]
===[[8.23 Sacrifice]]===
[[Naomi]] appears in a bar with two other [[angel]]s to confront [[Castiel]] and [[Metatron]]. Naomi holds Metatron at swordblade-point while Castiel and the other angels all point their own swords blades at each other. Naomi orders an angel to kill Castiel, but the situation is diffused when the bartender shoots the angel with a shotgun to no effect and Metatron tells Castiel to stand down. The angels leave with Metatron without a further fight.
After learning that [[Gail]] is the [[Cupid]] they are after, Castiel draws his sword blade to confront her, but Dean convinces him to talk first. As Heaven is in such chaos, Gail willingly gives them her bow, but Castiel must cut it out of her hand with his swordblade.
After learning what [[Metatron]] is really planning, [[Naomi]] comes to Earth to warn [[Castiel]] who immediately draws his swordblade. Naomi doesn't and insists she is just there to talk, not fight, so [[Dean]] gets Castiel to hear her out, though he keeps the sword blade out the whole time.
Upon returning to [[Heaven]], Castiel finds [[Naomi]] dead and [[Metatron]] armed with her swordblade. Metatron holds [[Castiel]] at swordblade-point and tells him Naomi was telling the truth. He later uses the sword blade to make a small cut on Castiel's neck to remove his [[grace]] and use it as the final ingredient in his spell to expel all [[angel]]s from [[Heaven]].
===[[9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]]===
After Dean sends out a distress prayer looking for any angel to help the dying Sam, one shows up and holds Dean at sword blade point, demanding to know where [[Castiel]] is. [[Ezekiel]] shows up and tries to defuse the situation, but the angel attacks him. In the fight that follows, the angel drops his sword blade and Dean picks it up and stabs him through the back with it, killing him.
When another angel shows up looking for Castiel, Dean confronts him with the sword blade he took from the first angel, but is disarmed by another angel that was behind him. As the angels beat him up and menace him with their swordsblades, Dean manages to [[Angel Banishing Sigil|banish]] them instead.
After abducting Castiel, [[Hael]] keeps her angel blade on her lap as she drives. Castiel eventually causes the car to crash, incapacitating Hael and causing her to lose her sword blade which he picks up. After Hael threatens to let all the angels looking for him know where he is unless he allows her to possess him, he kills her with her own swordblade.
===[[9.02 Devil May Care]]===
Going after [[Abaddon]] and her demon minions, Dean arms himself with an angel blade. After [[Devil's trap (symbol)|devil's trap]] bullets fail to affect her due to a bullet-proof vest, Dean tries to use the sword blade on Abaddon, but she knocks it from his hand.
===[[9.03 I'm No Angel]]===
Sensing an angel nearby, [[Castiel]] draws an angel blade to confront him. The angel slashes Castiel in the shoulder with his own sword blade and is surprised that Castiel bleeds and is thus human. Castiel uses the moment of surprise to kill the angel with his swordblade.
After capturing the rouge [[reaper]] named [[Maurice]] who is hunting Castiel, Dean uses an angel blade to torture him. After he reveals all he knows, Dean stabs the Maurice through the neck with his swordblade, killing him.
When cleaning Castiel's clothes, the reaper possessing [[April Kelly]] takes his angel blade and uses it to torture him for information on [[Metatron]]. When Sam and Dean arrive, the reaper kills Castiel with the swordblade, causing Dean to draw one of his own. The reaper tosses Dean across the room and kicks the sword blade away from him, however, while she is distracted with Sam, Dean takes the sword blade impaled in Castiel and uses it to kill the reaper.
===[[9.06 Heaven Can't Wait]]===
Going after [[Ephraim]] at [[Nora (Heaven Can't Wait)|Nora]]'s]] house, Dean arms himself with an angel blade, but is thrown into a wall before he can use it. As Ephraim starts to kill [[Castiel]], Dean tosses him the sword blade and Castiel stabs Ephraim with it, killing him.
[[File:AngelSwords909.jpg|thumb|350px|left|[[Bartholomew]]'s henchmen are killed.]]
Angels possessing a church choir working for [[Malachi]] enter a biker bar where angel-possessed bikers working for [[Bartholomew]] are and slaughter the bikers with their angel blades.
Meeting with three of Bartholomew's followers, Malachi and two of his followers kill the other angels with swords blades when they refuse to negotiate, marking the start a civil war between the angels on Earth.
When the head of the choir angels is recruiting [[vessel]]s from a college church group, angels working for Bartholomew kill her with a sword blade and proceed to use their powers to smite the humans.
After being captured with [[Muriel]] by Malachi and [[Theo]], [[Castiel]] is tortured with an angel blade. On Malachi's order, Theo uses it to kill Muriel. However, when left alone, Theo reveals he wants to work for [[Metatron]] and is hoping Castiel, who he believes works for Metatron willingly, will get him in. Castiel gets Theo to release him, then slits his throat with his own angel blade, allowing Castiel to inhale Theo's [[grace]], restoring his powers. Theo doesn't die of his wound immediately and Castiel tests out his restored powers by smiting him rather than stabbing him. He then proceeds to slaughter all of the other angels he encounters on his way out.
When planning to hunt Gadreel down, Dean packs an angel blade to kill him with.
After being sent to kill a man, Gadreel goes to pull out his stolen angel blade until he discovers that he is his friend [[Abner]] and stops. After discussing how you have to be willing to pay any price to achieve happiness, Gadreel slits Abner's throat with the swordblade, killing him. Soon after, Dean confronts him with one of his own, but is knocked out and disarmed before [[Castiel]] knocks Gadreel out.
After learning that [[Cecily]] is playing both sides in her fight with [[Crowley]], [[Abaddon]] kills her with an angel blade.
===[[9.14 Captives]]===
When captured by angels working for [[Bartholomew]], [[Castiel]] is held at sword blade point and taken to Bartholomew who takes away his angel blade as a precaution.
After capturing one of [[Rebecca]]'s followers, [[Eliah]], Bartholomew uses an angel blade to torture him for information on the location of any remaining members of the faction. After being convinced that there is no more, Bartholomew offers Castiel the sword blade to kill Eliah, but he refuses. Instead, Bartholomew kills Eliah himself and turns on Castiel, trying to kill him. Castiel quickly overpowers Bartholomew and holds him at swordblade-point, but refuses to kill him as he wants there to be no more violence between angels. Castiel tosses the sword blade away, but Bartholomew pulls another one and attacks Castiel from behind. With no other choice, Castiel grabs Bartholomew and drives the angel blade into his abdomen, killing him.
===[[9.16 Blade Runners]]===
After finding a lot of dead angels, [[Castiel]] is attacked by [[Hannah]] with an angel blade but he disarms her. After capturing [[Gadreel]] Dean tortures him with an angel blade and comes close to killing him when Gadreel taunts him with what he claims Sam really feels about Dean. However, Dean stops himself.
When angels working for [[Metatron]] come after him and [[Gabriel]], Castiel and Gabriel arm themselves with their swordsblades, but realizing that its an illusion, Castiel stabs Gabriel, proving his theory as it has no effect on him. After their [[Holy Oil|holy fire]] trap fails to hold Metatron, Sam and Dean pull out angel blades, but Metatron telekinetically pins them to the [[Impala]], disarming them.
===[[9.21 King of the Damned]]===
While questioning [[Ezra]], Dean is armed with an angel blade and goes to torture him with it, but Sam stops him as they need Ezra alive. Instead of torture with the swordblade, Sam and Dean trick Ezra into talking as he's stupid.
Later, an angel enters Ezra's cell and finds him dead of an angel blade stab wound to the heart.
While [[Castiel]] is meeting with [[Gadreel]], two angels attack Castiel and his assistant with their swordsblades. Castiel quickly kills one, but the other one kills his assistant before attacking him. Castiel is able to overpower the angel and kill him however.
===[[9.22 Stairway to Heaven]]===
Wanting information on Oren, Dean interrogates [[Flagstaff]] for information. When she is rude to him because of his being a hunter, Dean pulls an angel blade on her and forces her to tell him about Constantine and [[Tessa]] being Oren's friends.
After Dean captures Tessa, he uses an angel blade to destroy the energy focusing sigil she carved into her chest to effectively "disarm" her. However, when Dean goes to interrogate Tessa, [[Hannah]] insists that Castiel must be the only one to punish her and forces him to give up the sword blade before he enters the room. Despite this, Dean sneaks [[the First Blade]] in and Tessa commits suicide with it, making it look like Dean killed her. As a result of this framing and a speech by Metatron, Hannah hands Castiel an angel blade and demands he kill Dean with it to punish him for Tessa's "murder" and prove that Metatron is lying about using them. Castiel can't do it and Hannah and his other followers leave him as a result to join Metatron.
===[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]===
When confronted by an [[angel]] in a homeless camp, [[Metatron]] starts to draw his angel blade when the angel accuses him of being a fraud, but stops as the homeless people, now seeing him as their savior, confront the angel. The angel draws a sword blade of his own and charges Metatron, but is beaten down by the homeless people. Metatron kicks them his sword blade and George kills the angel with it.
Trying to get the location of the [[Tablets|angel tablet]] in order to stop Metatron, [[Hannah]] holds [[Ingrid]] at swordblade-point while [[Castiel]] demands its location. However, she refuses to tell and Castiel has Hannah lead Ingrid away instead of killing her.
Dean loses his fight with Metatron despite having the [[Mark of Cain]] and [[the First Blade]] due to Metatron's power from the angel tablet and after beating him severly, Metatron stabs Dean through the chest with an angel blade, mortally wounding him. Before he can finish Dean off or kill Sam the same way, Castiel finds and shatters the angel tablet, shattering Metatron's power and forcing him to flee when Sam swings an angel blade of his own at the now-vulnerable Metatron.
In [[Heaven]], Metatron confronts Castiel, handcuffing him to his chair. After admitting that he was using the angels and planned to rule humanity, Metatron prepares to stab Castiel with his angel blade, but Castiel reveals that he used a device in Metatron's office to broadcast the whole thing over [[angel radio]]. Metatron's followers turn on and overpower him, holding him at swordblade-point. Castiel takes Metatron's sword blade from him but doesn't kill him with it, instead locking him in Heaven's dungeon.
===[[10.01 Black]]===
A demon loyal to [[Abaddon]] confronts Dean armed with a swordblade, but Dean easily kills him with [[the First Blade]].
When confronting [[Daniel]], [[Hannah]] draws her swordblade, but Castiel convinces her not to kill him right away. As the three talk, Hannah keeps her sword blade out and when [[Adina]] arrives, she draws her own and refuses to put it away until Hannah does. Hannah and Adina get into a fight and when Hannah overpowers Adina after getting slashed in the arm, Daniel goes after her with a sword of his own, forcing Castiel to kill him from behind. After Adina slashes Castiel, she flees and Castiel lets her go.
===[[10.03 Soul Survivor]]===
[[Crowley]] has demons who have committed crimes against him executed with an angel blade.
Ambushing [[Hannah]], [[Adina]] holds a sword blade to her throat to force [[Castiel]] to stay back. Castiel draws his own swordblade, but is too weak to fight in his near-death state from his fading [[grace]]. As Adina tortures Hannah with her swordblade, Crowley arrives and slashes open Adina's throat with a sword blade of his own, stealing her grace to save Castiel. Crowley then impales the now-human Adina with his swordblade, killing her.
[[File:AngelSword1009.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Crowley]] stabs [[Gerald]] through the neck with an angel blade.]]
As Sam completes the [[demon cure]] on Dean, Castiel holds his sword blade out cautiously, ready to use it if the cure fails. However, it works and Castiel lowers his swordblade.
===[[10.07 Girls, Girls, Girls]]===
===[[10.14 The Executioner's Song]]===
[[Castiel]] captures a demon and tortures him with an angel blade for information on [[Cain]]. After the demon gives it to him, Castiel kills the demon with his swordblade.
After finding Cain's burial ground, Castiel draws his sword blade when Cain shows up, but Cain dismisses the threat, saying Castiel is not his list of people to kill and leaves without a fight.
When confronting Cain as part of their plan for Dean to kill him, Castiel confronts him with his sword blade again but uses his white light on him instead to no avail. Cain disarms Castiel with telekinesis before throwing him into a fence.
===[[10.17 Inside Man]]===
===[[10.18 Book of the Damned]]===
Castiel and Metatron come across an angry [[Cherubs|cupid]], who blames them for corrupting [[Heaven]]. The cupid and Catiel produce their angel blades and engage in a fight, as Metatron attempts to escape, the cupid advances on him, but is tackle to the ground by Castiel, which causes the cupid to lose his swordblade. As the two struggle on the ground, the cupid is able to take Castiel's blade from him and just as he is about to kill him, the cupid is stabbed in the back by Metatron, and dies.
===[[10.20 Angel Heart]]===
At first its believed that [[Ronnie Cartwright]] was killed with an angel blade, but with strange markings around the wound. Dean and [[Claire Novak]] eventually realize that the wound is from an [[angel sword]] not an angel blade and are able to identify the angel as a [[Grigori]].
When confronting [[Tamiel]], Castiel arms himself with his angel blade, but proves no match for the Grigori. During the fight, Dean also attempts to use the blade, but fails and Tamiel gets it himself. However, before he can use it, he is killed by Claire with his own angel swordblade.
===[[10.21 Dark Dynasty]]===
* [[Angel Sword]]
* [[Angelic Weapon]]
* [[Archangel Blade]]
* [[The Colt]]
* [[Death's Scythe]]