---
name: "Containment Priest"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "MB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster 2"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Stanko"
oracle_id: "8a76a9b9-3127-45fe-b20f-a8f643276281"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/containment-priest-mb2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flash
If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

> *Some protection requires a bit of finesse.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vizier of Deferment](/printing/vizier-of-deferment-akh.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Banisher Priest](/printing/banisher-priest-m14.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Hallowed Moonlight](/printing/hallowed-moonlight-ori.md) — Instant
4. [Seal Away](/printing/seal-away-dom.md) — Enchantment
5. [Cemetery Protector](/printing/cemetery-protector-prm.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Deceiver Exarch](/printing/deceiver-exarch-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #7
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Stanko
- **Total Printings:** 47 across all historical editions

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