Raven Familiar

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Raven Familiar: Creature - Bird, Commander 2013. Flying. Echo 2U. When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Bird
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
1/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander 2013 (C13)
Released
2013-11-01
Collector number
55
Artist
John Avon
Commander rank
23,601 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Echo, Flying

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About Raven Familiar

Raven Familiar is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Commander 2013 (C13), a Commander product released in November 2013. It is collector number 55 in that set, with art by John Avon. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Urza's Legacy (1999) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Echo {2}{U} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Raven Familiar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Raven Familiar

Raven Familiar has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C13-55Uncommon2021
Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A30Uncommon2010
Urza's Legacy (ULG) #39Uncommon1999

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Raven Familiar.

  • This is not a draw.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Raven Familiar is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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