Nine-Lives Familiar
Nine-Lives Familiar: Creature - Cat, Foundations. This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Cat
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations (FDN)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 66
- Artist
- Bram Sels
- Commander rank
- 2,490 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Nine-Lives Familiar
Nine-Lives Familiar is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Foundations (FDN), a core set released in November 2024. It is collector number 66 in that set, with art by Bram Sels. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
Her master gathered the bones to resurrect her, only to find her purring on the altar.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.75 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Nine-Lives Familiar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Nine-Lives Familiar
Nine-Lives Familiar has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN) #321 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #385 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #462 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations Promos (PFDN) #66s | Rare | 2024 |
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