First printed in Urza's Destiny (1999)

All 4 prints

The List (PLST) #UMA-84, 2024
Ultimate Masters (UMA) #84, 2018
Commander 2017 (C17) #97, 2017
Urza's Destiny (UDS) #51, 1999

Apprentice Necromancer

Creature — Zombie Wizard

Black , tap , 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.

In the last 30 days 0.4% of Commander decks played it (27 of 6150). Most played in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

Combos

9 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Ruthless Knave
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Apprentice Necromancer + Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Mana Echoes + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Blood Pet
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Basal Thrull
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Basal Sliver
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Ornithopter of Paradise + Teardrop Kami
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Alloy Myr + Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Teardrop Kami
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Apprentice Necromancer + Ashnod the Uncaring + Leaden Myr + Teardrop Kami

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 27 of 6150 decks (0.4%).

Share of decks

0.4%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

27 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

39%

5 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth	0.8%	2%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist	0.6%	59%
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh	0.1%	17%
Dina, Soul Steeper	0.0%	33%
Varina, Lich Queen	0.0%	50%
Varolz, the Scar-Striped	0.0%	100%
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Entomb	96%	10.4
Reanimate	96%	8.6
Culling the Weak	96%	3.4
Dark Ritual	96%	2.4
Demonic Tutor	96%	2.0
Command Tower	96%	1.1
Lotus Petal	96%	1.0
Cabal Ritual	93%	3.2
Vampiric Tutor	93%	1.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Xxpxs in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Peter Van Wyk in BATTLE BY THE BAY 28 - CEDH - Green Bay, WI USA	2-3 40%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Alexander V Robinson in cEDH Win-A-Dual at Gamers' Haunt	2-3 40%
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Jon in Eye of The Tiger (Lion) CEDH Tournament- Win a Lion's Eye Diamond	2-3 40%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Hugo Chamorro in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona	2-3 40%
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist John_Ryuu in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND	2-4 33%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth William Penrod in Eye of The Tiger (Lion) CEDH Tournament- Win a Lion's Eye Diamond	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Peter Van Wyk, 25 Oct	1 main	#17 2-3
Varolz, the Scar-Striped Phaelan Shultz, 25 Oct	1 main	#33 0-3
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Matthew Tomlin, 24 Oct	1 main	#14 1-1
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Alexander V Robinson, 24 Oct	1 main	#4 2-3
Dina, Soul Steeper Monster anderdahl, 24 Oct	1 main	#13 0-2
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Jon, 18 Oct	1 main	#9 2-3
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth William Penrod, 18 Oct	1 main	#33 1-4
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Junjie, 18 Oct	1 main	#40 0-3

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Duel Commander.