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◇ Catalog #131

Nightscape Familiar

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#131·common·foil

Illus. Jeff Easley

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,162 · Common include

Variants

Foil$0.04

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Creature — Zombie

Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.

Nightscape masters don't stop at raising the spirit of a fallen battlemage. They raise the flesh along with it.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 10

2022-12-08wotc

A spell you cast that’s blue and red costs {1} less, not {2} less.

2022-12-08wotc

Activating the ability creates a replacement effect that acts like a shield, replacing the next time Nightscape Familiar would be destroyed that turn. This shield works against effects that try to destroy Nightscape Familiar or lethal damage that would be dealt to Nightscape Familiar.

2022-12-08wotc

Nightscape Familiar can regenerate even if it isn’t in combat, it’s already tapped, or it’s undamaged.

2022-12-08

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — 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 #131 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Zombie, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,162 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jeff Easley. Rarix catalogs 160 other cards credited to this artist.