---
name: "Ekthi, Contaminator Priest"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MBC"
set_name: "Mystery Booster Commander Edition"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Fariba Khamseh"
oracle_id: "e298a2a4-0e04-4af9-8638-7c01668d97d0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ekthi-contaminator-priest-mbc"
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"
---

# Ekthi, Contaminator Priest
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Other Phyrexians you control get +1/+1.
Each Equipment you control has living weapon. (Whenever an Equipment you control enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach that Equipment to it.)

> *"Only through sacred infection can a vessel become pure."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infested Fleshcutter](/printing/infested-fleshcutter-one.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Grip of Phyresis](/printing/grip-of-phyresis-cm2.md) — Instant
3. [Flayer Husk](/printing/flayer-husk-2xm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Suture Priest](/printing/suture-priest-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
5. [Seething Skitter-Priest](/printing/seething-skitter-priest-yone.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
6. [Militant Inquisitor](/printing/militant-inquisitor-soi.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster Commander Edition (MBC) #1
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Fariba Khamseh

## 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`