---
name: "Vile Deacon"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LGN"
set_name: "Legions"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matthew D. Wilson"
oracle_id: "123147b4-57d0-44cd-bdd5-a449ac86c1cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vile-deacon-lgn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vile Deacon
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Clerics on the battlefield.

> *"La Cábala y la Orden en realidad no son tan diferentes. Después de todo, ambos estamos facultados por la fe".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Anointed Deacon](/printing/anointed-deacon-xln.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric
2. [Daru Spiritualist](/printing/daru-spiritualist-scg.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Crossroads Consecrator](/printing/crossroads-consecrator-plst.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Shadow-Rite Priest](/printing/shadow-rite-priest-pdmu.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Glory Bearers](/printing/glory-bearers-j25.md) — Enchantment Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Cleric of the Forward Order](/printing/cleric-of-the-forward-order-dmr.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legions (LGN) #85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matthew D. Wilson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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