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Priest of Urabrask

Creature — Phyrexian Human Cleric

When this creature enters, add {R}{R}{R}.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
New Phyrexia
Price
$1.12
EDHREC rank
#7178
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Priest of Urabrask card art
Priest of Urabrask enters and immediately refunds its own casting cost with three red mana, making it a net-zero-mana creature that fuels sacrifice loops, storm counts, and explosive mana turns. Every deck running Chthonian Nightmare or Herigast, Erupting Nullkite wants this card — it turns a single sacrifice outlet into a mana engine that snowballs on its own.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

54.8% of decks · synergy 0.53

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite is the natural home — Priest of Urabrask's enters-the-battlefield mana burst directly offsets Herigast's emerge cost, letting you chain creatures into ever-cheaper recursive threats.

02
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

51.4% of decks · synergy 0.49

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden mills Priest of Urabrask directly into play from the bottom of the library, so the ETB triggers without ever casting it — that free mana fuels Grenzo's next activation and keeps the chain going.

03
Rakdos, the Muscle

Rakdos, the Muscle

36.5% of decks · synergy 0.35

Rakdos, the Muscle wants cheap sacrifice fodder, and Priest of Urabrask is better than most: it pays back its own mana cost on entry, so recurring it through Rakdos costs nothing and nets a trigger every loop.

04
Rowan, Scion of War

Rowan, Scion of War

20.5% of decks · synergy 0.19

Rowan, Scion of War scales spell costs down based on life paid, and Priest of Urabrask supplies the red mana you spend to activate that discount — it's essentially a ritual that also leaves a body behind for future sacrifice.

05
The Jolly Balloon Man

The Jolly Balloon Man

18.5% of decks · synergy 0.18

The Jolly Balloon Man rewards you for casting cheap creatures, and Priest of Urabrask is as cheap as it gets while still generating positive mana on entry — flooding the board with counters while bankrolling your next spell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Priest of Urabrask is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — the formats where it actually matters. In Commander it's a role-player in sacrifice, storm, and emerge shells rather than a staple, but in the right deck it's closer to a ritual with upside than a vanilla two-drop. In Legacy and Vintage it's outclassed by faster mana and stronger storm pieces, so it sees essentially no competitive play there. Modern is theoretically its most competitive non-Commander home, but the absence of a built-in combo payoff keeps it fringe. Commander is where Priest of Urabrask does its best work, and that's where you should evaluate it.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.12 cheap tier

At $1.12, Priest of Urabrask sits at a price that matches its role: a reliable engine piece in specific archetypes, not a format-warping staple. It's cheap enough to include without hesitation in any sacrifice or emerge build, and its combo density keeps a floor under the price even if it never breaks out wider.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.