Archpriest of Shadows
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Human Warlock
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- March of the Machine Promos #89p (rare)
- Price
- $1.15 USD
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Archpriest of Shadows has 4 printings, first in March of the Machine (2023). EDHREC ranks it #3,325 among Commander cards. It appears most in Henzie "Toolbox" Torre decks (8,257 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Archpriest of Shadows most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre: 8,257 decks
- Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima: 5,467 decks
- Felix Five-Boots: 2,335 decks
- Satoru Umezawa: 2,235 decks
- Raffine, Scheming Seer: 1,509 decks
- Kamiz, Obscura Oculus: 1,507 decks
- Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate: 1,237 decks
- Olivia, Opulent Outlaw: 830 decks
Often played with Archpriest of Shadows
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won’t gain additional abilities.
- : If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.
- : Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.
- : The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won’t change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.
- : If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.