---
name: "Darkstar Banisher"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Bat Cleric"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Seek"]
set: "YBLB"
set_name: "Alchemy: Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael Phillippi"
oracle_id: "7728e8b6-c226-49dd-b065-512d81e63a2b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/darkstar-banisher-yblb"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Darkstar Banisher
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Bat Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Seek

## Oracle Text
Flying
When Darkstar Banisher enters, exile target nonland permanent with mana value 4 or less an opponent controls.
When Darkstar Banisher leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner seeks a card that shares a card type with the exiled card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Banisher Priest](/printing/banisher-priest-m14.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Cackling Observer](/printing/cackling-observer-ymkm.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Banishing Light](/printing/banishing-light-scd.md) — Enchantment
4. [Skyclave Apparition](/printing/skyclave-apparition-prm.md) — Creature — Kor Spirit
5. [Elite Spellbinder](/printing/elite-spellbinder-pstx.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Fiend Hunter](/printing/fiend-hunter-ddq.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Bloomburrow (YBLB) #22
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael Phillippi

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