---
name: "Taborax, Hope's Demise"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Demon Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "129"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "G-host Lee"
oracle_id: "955abada-aba2-41c2-96ff-58e3679ad7e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/taborax-hopes-demise-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Taborax, Hope's Demise
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Demon Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Taborax has lifelink as long as it has five or more +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Taborax. If that creature was a Cleric, you may draw a card. If you do, you lose 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Archfiend's Vessel](/printing/archfiends-vessel-m21.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Sanguinary Priest](/printing/sanguinary-priest-40k.md) — Creature — Astartes Cleric
3. [Orah, Skyclave Hierophant](/printing/orah-skyclave-hierophant-znr.md) — Legendary Creature — Kor Cleric
4. [Koma's Faithful](/printing/komas-faithful-j25.md) — Creature — Elf Cleric
5. [Shadowheart, Cleric of Twilight](/printing/shadowheart-cleric-of-twilight-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Elf Cleric
6. [Priest of the Blood Rite](/printing/priest-of-the-blood-rite-ori.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #129
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** G-host Lee
- **Total Printings:** 31 across all historical editions

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