Shadowborn Apostle
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Creature — Human Cleric
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #688 (rare)
A deck can have any number of cards named Shadowborn Apostle.
{B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle: Search your library for a Demon creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Shadowborn Apostle has 13 printings, first in Magic 2014 (2013). EDHREC ranks it #10,714 among Commander cards. It appears most in Taborax, Hope's Demise decks (1,737 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Shadowborn Apostle most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Taborax, Hope's Demise: 1,737 decks
- Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter: 217 decks
- Orcus, Prince of Undeath: 15 decks
- Boris Devilboon: 6 decks
- The Balrog, Flame of Udûn: 3 decks
Often played with Shadowborn Apostle
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You don't have to sacrifice the Shadowborn Apostle whose ability you activated. It can be six other Shadowborn Apostles.
- : Shadowborn Apostle's first ability lets you ignore only the "four-of" rule. It doesn't let you ignore format legality.
- : You sacrifice the six creatures when you activate the ability. You can't respond to that ability by activating the ability of one of the other Shadowborn Apostles you just sacrificed.