---
name: "Devout Witness"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Spellshaper"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Don Hazeltine"
oracle_id: "83647f5b-2b0f-4f9d-83c5-75c52460f35b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devout-witness-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Devout Witness
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Spellshaper
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{1}{W}, {T}, Discard a card: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disenchant](/printing/disenchant-p07.md) — Instant
2. [Inspired Insurgent](/printing/inspired-insurgent-tle.md) — Creature — Human Peasant Ally
3. [Nova Cleric](/printing/nova-cleric-plst.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Amateur Auteur](/printing/amateur-auteur-ust.md) — Creature — Human
5. [Keening Apparition](/printing/keening-apparition-rtr.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Sanctify](/printing/sanctify-dbl.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #17
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Don Hazeltine
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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