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CardName: Shadowborn Saint Cost: 3BB Type: Creature - Vampire Cleric Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Rules Text: Flying, lifelink When Shadowborn Saint enters the battlefield, choose a number up to six. Reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put all cards named Shadowborn Apostle revealed this way onto the battlefield. If exactly one card named Shadowborn Apostle was revealed this way, repeat this process. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: [Assorted] Card Repository Rare
Shadowborn Saint
  Flying, lifelink
When Shadowborn Saint enters the battlefield, choose a number up to six. Reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put all cards named Shadowborn Apostle revealed this way onto the battlefield. If exactly one card named Shadowborn Apostle was revealed this way, repeat this process. 3/3
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Inspired by Mourner’s Procession.
See Shadowborn Apostle.
During conception of the idea, I thought about revealing four cards. Then, once I decided on reusing Shadowborn Apostle, I went up to six as a neat reference.
But making the call on the correct number is a lot about determining risk and reward. And I want players to be able to scry Shadowborn Apostle cards to the top of the library without hurting themselves if they find another one among the mix.
In the end I let the player make the call how many cards to reveal to allow them to make clever plays and add some gambling excitement to the effect.
I decided to make choosing a number a separate clause to unambiguously make it clear that you choose the number before revealing and cannot decide to stop short of six cards once you find your first Shadowborn Apostle.
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Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2020-09-07.