Nine-Lives Familiar
Foundations 321 • rare
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 321
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Xabi Gaztelua
- Market price
- $6.32
What it does
This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it.
When this creature dies, if it had a revival counter on it, return it to the battlefield with one fewer revival counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nine-Lives Familiar was introduced in the Foundations set, a collection specifically curated to serve as a cornerstone for players of Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to support the black mana color identity, drawing on established game mechanics regarding creature recursion and sacrifice to create a resilient, low-cost defensive presence on the battlefield.
The illustrative direction for the card emphasizes the mystical and recurring nature of the creature, fitting the aesthetic expectations of modern fantasy tabletop gaming. By providing a creature that returns to the player's hand under specific conditions, the design captures the essence of feline agility and supernatural persistence, consistent with the thematic tropes common in the game's broader design philosophy.
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