wotc
You don't have to sacrifice the Shadowborn Apostle whose ability you activated. It can be six other Shadowborn Apostles.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #684
Shadowborn Apostle
sld·#684·rare·borderless
Illus. Laynes
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Dec '22
3 yr ago
Value
$83.88$1 (-1.5%)
30 days high $84 · low $83
Volatility · stable
USD$82.88EUR€54.13
NM$82.9
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #10,147 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Human Cleric
A deck can have any number of cards named Shadowborn Apostle.
{B}, Sacrifice six creatures named Shadowborn Apostle: Search your library for a Demon creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
1/1
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
Shadowborn Apostle's first ability lets you ignore only the "four-of" rule. It doesn't let you ignore format legality.
wotc
You sacrifice the six creatures when you activate the ability. You can't respond to that ability by activating the ability of one of the other Shadowborn Apostles you just sacrificed.
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