---
name: "Blinding Souleater"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Cleric"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "f5f330a5-14a0-4bfe-ba46-4616692b7bd3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blinding-souleater-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blinding Souleater
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
{W/P}, {T}: Tap target creature. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

> *"We thank the souleaters for inscribing our souls with subservience, to reinforce the sacred order."
—Drones' hymn of gratitude*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blinding Mage](/printing/blinding-mage-ima.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Avacynian Priest](/printing/avacynian-priest-isd.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Ephara's Warden](/printing/epharas-warden-ths.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Sigardian Priest](/printing/sigardian-priest-sir.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Loxodon Mystic](/printing/loxodon-mystic-dst.md) — Creature — Elephant Cleric
6. [Vectis Dominator](/printing/vectis-dominator-arb.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #131
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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