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◇ Catalog #158

Biomancer's Familiar

rna·#158·rare·foil

Illus. Izzy

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wishlisted

Jan '19

7 yr ago

Value

$13.28+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $14 · low $13

NM$13.3

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$12–$14modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $14low $0.02range 68400.0%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,263 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$13

Nonfoil$1.34

Gameplay

Creature — Mutant

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {T}: The next time target creature adapts this turn, it adapts as though it had no +1/+1 counters on it.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2019-01-25wotc

Biomancer’s Familiar affects only abilities of creatures you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of creature cards that work in other zones (such as cycling) won’t be reduced.

2019-01-25wotc

Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Biomancer’s Familiar.

2019-01-25wotc

An ability that has only one generic mana and some amount of other mana symbols in its activation cost will have its cost reduced by {1}.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $13.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $13.70 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RNA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #158 of *Ravnica Allegiance*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2019 Ravnica Allegiance release.

Card type: Creature — Mutant, color identity green/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {G}{U} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,263 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Izzy. Rarix catalogs 941 other cards credited to this artist.