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◇ Catalog #38

Ertai's Familiar

wth·#38·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Kipling West

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wishlisted

Jun 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$1.66+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.68 · low $0.62

NM$0.66

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.61–$0.70modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.29low $0.17range 1247.1%n 311

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,316 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.66

Gameplay

Creature — Illusion

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) When this creature phases out or leaves the battlefield, mill three cards. {U}: Until your next upkeep, this creature can't phase out.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2008-04-01wotc

Activating the activated ability will prevent Ertai’s Familiar from phasing out for any reason, not just due to its own phasing ability.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.66. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.17 and $2.29 across 311 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WTH — the lineup includes 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 #38 of *Weatherlight*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1997 Weatherlight release.

Card type: Creature — Illusion, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Mill and Phasing.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,316 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kipling West. Rarix catalogs 2 other cards credited to this artist.