Obstinate Familiar
Odyssey 210 • rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Collector number
- 210
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Market price
- $0.68
What it does
If you would draw a card, you may skip that draw instead.
"Lizards make excellent familiars. They never know when they've lost."— Matoc, lavamancer
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Obstinate Familiar was released in 2001 as part of the Odyssey expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed by Wizards of the Coast, the card belongs to a set known for its focus on the graveyard as a resource, marking a distinct shift in gameplay mechanics during the early 2000s. The card's ability to skip a draw step was intended as a niche tool to prevent deck depletion or interact with specific card-draw triggers, reflecting the experimental design philosophy of the era.
The card features artwork by Eric Peterson, who contributed several pieces to the Odyssey block. Peterson’s illustration depicts the small, stubborn creature in a style consistent with the dark, atmospheric tone of the set, which leaned into themes of decay and rebirth. While not a centerpiece of competitive play at its launch, the Familiar is recognized by collectors as a quintessential example of the common-rarity utility creatures that defined the Magic landscape at the turn of the millennium.
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