---
name: "Unwavering Initiate"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Vigilance", "Embalm"]
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Opalinski"
oracle_id: "e6088c23-a660-4d2c-b633-1c6cb1a59ebe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unwavering-initiate-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Unwavering Initiate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Vigilance, Embalm

## Oracle Text
Vigilance
Embalm {4}{W} ({4}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Trueheart Duelist](/printing/trueheart-duelist-akh.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Steadfast Sentinel](/printing/steadfast-sentinel-hou.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Aven Wind Guide](/printing/aven-wind-guide-akh.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
4. [Steadfast Sentry](/printing/steadfast-sentry-m20.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Tah-Crop Skirmisher](/printing/tah-crop-skirmisher-pio.md) — Creature — Snake Warrior
6. [Aven Initiate](/printing/aven-initiate-akh.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #36
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Opalinski
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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