---
name: "Avacynian Priest"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "df7e296d-96de-4280-a4d8-49189544b9e3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/avacynian-priest-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Avacynian Priest
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}: Tap target non-Human creature.

> *Moorlanders speak in awe of the priests' talent for arriving just in time to drive off the wicked things that prowl the ravished parish.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sigardian Priest](/printing/sigardian-priest-sir.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Ephara's Warden](/printing/epharas-warden-ths.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Banisher Priest](/printing/banisher-priest-m14.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Akroan Jailer](/printing/akroan-jailer-ori.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Devout Chaplain](/printing/devout-chaplain-c20.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Gideon's Lawkeeper](/printing/gideons-lawkeeper-m12.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #4
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`