Shadowborn Apostle

Shadowborn Apostle

Creature — Human Cleric

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

A deck can have any number of cards named Shadowborn Apostle.
Search your library for a Demon creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

activated {B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle —

activated {B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle — searches a library

activated {B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle —

activated {B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, search creature demon , put a Demon creature onto the battlefield, shuffle a library.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

When a Demon enters thanks to Shadowborn Apostle:

  1. Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage

a Cleric enters the battlefield — 722 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

  1. Cleric of Life's Bond — When Shadowborn Apostle enters, Cleric of Life's Bond gains you 1 life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Shadowborn Apostle:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Shadowborn Apostle:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

Shadowborn Apostle puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

When Shadowborn Apostle dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

When Shadowborn Apostle dies:

  1. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  7. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself
  9. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

452 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Shadowborn Apostle leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Shadowborn Apostle fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Shadowborn Apostle fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — Shadowborn Apostle fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  4. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Shadowborn Apostle puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

440 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

When Shadowborn Apostle attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

147 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Shadowborn Apostle attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

222 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Shadowborn Apostle is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Shadowborn Apostle is one).

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — When a Demon enters thanks to Shadowborn Apostle, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — When Shadowborn Apostle enters, Dinosaur Egg puts a counter on itself
  3. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters thanks to Shadowborn Apostle, it kills a creature an opponent controls

456 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.