---
name: "Niambi, Beloved Protector"
mana_cost: "{W}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "YDMU"
set_name: "Alchemy: Dominaria"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Julia Metzger"
oracle_id: "9b92bca3-5600-4c75-a756-86a46e14530a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/niambi-beloved-protector-ydmu"
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"
---

# Niambi, Beloved Protector
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When Niambi, Beloved Protector enters, if you cast it, choose target nonlegendary creature card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to the battlefield. It perpetually gains "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Niambi, Esteemed Speaker](/printing/niambi-esteemed-speaker-pm21.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Garna, the Bloodflame](/printing/garna-the-bloodflame-pdom.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Annie Flash, the Veteran](/printing/annie-flash-the-veteran-otj.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes](/printing/night-nurse-healer-of-heroes-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero
5. [Cemetery Protector](/printing/cemetery-protector-prm.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [A-Graveyard Shift](/printing/a-graveyard-shift-snc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Dominaria (YDMU) #24
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Julia Metzger

## 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`