---
name: "Disciple of Phenax"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PIO"
set_name: "Pioneer Masters"
collector_number: "290"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Severin Brassell"
oracle_id: "d7cbe54b-f217-45f5-8583-c254a1c80bb8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/disciple-of-phenax-pio"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Disciple of Phenax
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, target player reveals a number of cards from their hand equal to your devotion to black. You choose one of them. That player discards that card. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fanatic of the Harrowing](/printing/fanatic-of-the-harrowing-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Demon's Disciple](/printing/demons-disciple-j22.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Overeager Apprentice](/printing/overeager-apprentice-dvd.md) — Creature — Human Minion
4. [Initiates of the Ebon Hand](/printing/initiates-of-the-ebon-hand-fem.md) — Creature — Cleric
5. [Unmask](/printing/unmask-mmq.md) — Sorcery
6. [Rag Man](/printing/rag-man-4ed.md) — Creature — Human Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Pioneer Masters (PIO) #290
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Severin Brassell
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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