---
name: "Shadowborn Apostle"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "EA1"
set_name: "Explorer Anthology 1"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Lucas Graciano"
oracle_id: "595a15f0-77f3-4544-8acc-10630e12cc14"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shadowborn-apostle-ea1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shadowborn Apostle
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
A deck can have any number of cards named Shadowborn Apostle.
{B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle: Search your library for a Demon creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dark Supplicant](/printing/dark-supplicant-j25.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Shadowborn Demon](/printing/shadowborn-demon-m14.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Shadow-Rite Priest](/printing/shadow-rite-priest-pdmu.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Demon's Disciple](/printing/demons-disciple-j22.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Blood Speaker](/printing/blood-speaker-plst.md) — Creature — Ogre Shaman
6. [Burning-Rune Demon](/printing/burning-rune-demon-khm.md) — Creature — Demon Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Explorer Anthology 1 (EA1) #6
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Lucas Graciano
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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