USD
$2.29
USD foil
$58.50
EUR
€2.07
MTGO
0.18 tix
Apprentice Necromancer
Creature — Zombie Wizard
, 
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it.
1 / 1
- Set
- Urza's Destiny (UDS #51)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 1999-06-07
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- EDHREC rank
- #4,693
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.13
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 9
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist+Apprentice Necromancer+Mana Echoes+Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
114 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Ruthless Knave
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
112 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
26 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Blood Pet
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
19 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Basal Thrull
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
12 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Basal Sliver
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
5 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Teardrop Kami+Alloy Myr
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
2 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Teardrop Kami+Ornithopter of Paradise
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
2 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Ashnod the Uncaring+Apprentice Necromancer+Teardrop Kami+Leaden Myr
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
2 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
All 9 combos.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2018-12-07
Apprentice Necromancer can’t be the target of its own ability. This is because targets are chosen for activated abilities before costs (such as “Sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer”) are paid.