---
name: "Steelshaper Apprentice"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "bf325b3a-0b28-4660-8b51-4334b59a9034"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/steelshaper-apprentice-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Steelshaper Apprentice
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
{W}, {T}, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Search your library for an Equipment card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

> *Une profession née de la nécessité et désormais élevée au rang d'art.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Steelshaper's Gift](/printing/steelshapers-gift-cmm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Stoneforge Mystic](/printing/stoneforge-mystic-spg.md) — Creature — Kor Artificer
3. [Ironclad Slayer](/printing/ironclad-slayer-cmr.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Taj-Nar Swordsmith](/printing/taj-nar-swordsmith-c17.md) — Creature — Cat Soldier
5. [Settlement Blacksmith](/printing/settlement-blacksmith-acr.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
6. [Auriok Steelshaper](/printing/auriok-steelshaper-mrd.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #15
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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