---
name: "Netherborn Altar"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Titus Lunter"
oracle_id: "a127d62a-8709-46bb-9301-96f09e7924a1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/netherborn-altar-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Netherborn Altar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}, Put a soul counter on this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on this artifact.

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## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Altar of Shadows](/printing/altar-of-shadows-mrd.md) — Artifact
2. [Necrogen Censer](/printing/necrogen-censer-som.md) — Artifact
3. [Phyrexian Altar](/printing/phyrexian-altar-2x2.md) — Artifact
4. [Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering](/printing/altar-of-bhaal-bone-offering-clb.md) — Artifact // Sorcery — Adventure
5. [Ashnod's Altar](/printing/ashnods-altar-brr.md) — Artifact
6. [Illuminor Szeras](/printing/illuminor-szeras-40k.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Necron

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #45
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Titus Lunter
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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