---
name: "Devout Lightcaster"
mana_cost: "{W}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Kor Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Protection"]
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Shelly Wan"
oracle_id: "a6f14387-4dfd-4d6b-a6b1-2ae658a70de6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devout-lightcaster-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Devout Lightcaster
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Kor Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Protection

## Oracle Text
Protection from black
When this creature enters, exile target black permanent.

> *"Goddess, grant us light to banish the world's shadows."
—Prayer to Kamsa*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Apostle of Purifying Light](/printing/apostle-of-purifying-light-m20.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Obsidian Acolyte](/printing/obsidian-acolyte-inv.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Pilgrim of Virtue](/printing/pilgrim-of-virtue-ody.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Death Speakers](/printing/death-speakers-5ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Exorcist](/printing/exorcist-drk.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Sanctifier en-Vec](/printing/sanctifier-en-vec-pmh2.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #10
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Shelly Wan
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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