Archpriest of Shadows

Creature — Human Warlock

Backup 1 (When this creature enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)

Deathtouch

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

DemonDragonJ on Reap what is Sown

6 months ago

I have replaced Visara the Dreadful with Archpriest of Shadows, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.87 to 3.85, since Visara, as excellent as she is, cannot be used to both attack and destroy a creature, whereas the archpriest can do both, and she also can reanimate creatures, which works with the strategy of this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Replace Visara the …

6 months ago

Would Archpriest of Shadows be a good replacement for Visara in either of thsoe decks?

DemonDragonJ on Should I Replace Visara the …

6 months ago

I have a copy of Visara the Dreadful in these two EDH decks, because she can destroy creatures for the generals of those decks to steal, but I wonder if she is the best possible way to do that, since I cannot both attack with her and then user her ability; each of those decks also does contain a copy of Seedborn Muse, but there is no guarantee that I shall draw both of those creatures in the same game, so Visara is rather a risky choice.

For my Teneb, the Harvester deck, I am considering Archfiend of Depravity, Archpriest of Shadows, or Indulgent Tormentor, and, for The Mimeoplasm deck, I am considering either Acidic Slime or Nemesis of Reason, because all of those creatures synergize with the themes of those decks.

What does everyone else say about this? Should I keep Visara the Dreadful in those decks, or replace her with other creatures, and, if I do, with what creatures should I replace her?

HahaStax on Kamiz and Friends from Outerspace

1 year ago

Hi! Instead of running Burial Rites or Victimize, try filling those slots also with creatures. Kamiz cares about big beaters that do great things when they connect/attack. Sun Titan is a great one and you've already got it in, great! Here some suggestions: Guardian Scalelord, Archpriest of Shadows, Junji, the Midnight Sky and Sheoldred, Whispering One though this ones more on the saltier side. With Kamiz you are discarding a lot. My advice would be to run one or two graveyard protection spells. Cheap examples are Enhanced Surveillance and Campfire.

Abaques on Favorite creature recursion in Rakdos

1 year ago

Chainer, Nightmare Adept is great, and probably really good redundancy for Garna. I'll also second Archpriest of Shadows in a combat focused deck. With haste that can mean two reanimation triggers in one combat.

gavriel1136 on Favorite creature recursion in Rakdos

1 year ago

Incarnation Technique, Grave Upheaval, and Archpriest of Shadows are all great role players

wallisface on Help for my version of …

1 year ago

exDeity Cool. I'm no expect in Standard (I generally just play Modern), but if it were me i'd be dropping the following cards:

• Archpriest of Shadows (it's not doing much for 5 mana)

• Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos (this card just seems bad)

• Reckless Stormseeker  ^Flip (the card seems fine, but your build feels very mid-range, so your cards should be aiming to make value-based-plays, not aggro-based ones)

• Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion (its a lot of work to get value from, but maybe this card is fine. idk)

• Burn Down the House & Gix's Command (i'm just skeptical that they're maybe not very useful in your build)

• Duress (the card is probably completely fine. I'm just used to much stronger options in Modern, so the limitations on what you can grab with it feel really off-putting to me. I would suggest figuring out how often its going to whiff, and seeing if those odds make it worth playing)

• Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia (I love this card and actually run it in a modern deck. But I feel without someway to profit from the zombie death/sacrifice triggers, its just not remotely good enough?)

• Maybe Atsushi, the Blazing Sky also (it seems decent, but being a death trigger you're kindof at the mercy of your opponent triggering it, and i'm not sure it's netting you much value for the variability its going to cause)

There's also the chance of being able to go down to 26ish lands if you drop most of those high-mana cards I mentioned, in place of lower-mana cards.

But, as said before, I don't know the standard metagame. All I'm assuming is it's the same as Pioneer where everyone always wants to be running 4x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip. Hopefully my rambling has helped create some food-for-thought in any case.

DemonDragonJ on Fires of Purgatory

1 year ago

I have replaced Zurgo Helmsmasher with Archpriest of Shadows, because, as great as Zurgo was, the priest is a better match for this deck's theme of reanimation.