---
name: "Shaper Apprentice"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "75"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Yongjae Choi"
oracle_id: "ee6b0bb4-9c40-435b-8a5d-fd89d7e29ae1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shaper-apprentice-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shaper Apprentice
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
This creature has flying as long as you control another Merfolk.

> *The River Heralds would wreck a thousand ships to keep intruders from finding the golden city.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Manta Riders](/printing/manta-riders-tmp.md) — Creature — Merfolk
2. [Merrow Wavebreakers](/printing/merrow-wavebreakers-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier
3. [Caller of Gales](/printing/caller-of-gales-cn2.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Frostwind Invoker](/printing/frostwind-invoker-roe.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Seascape Aerialist](/printing/seascape-aerialist-zen.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard Ally
6. [Merrow Levitator](/printing/merrow-levitator-eve.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #75
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Yongjae Choi
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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