Tyrant's Familiar

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Tyrant's Familiar: Creature - Dragon, Foundations Commander. Flying, haste. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{R}{R}
Mana value
7
Type
Creature - Dragon
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Foundations Commander (FDC)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
183
Artist
Todd Lockwood
Commander rank
4,661 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Haste, Lieutenant

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About Tyrant's Familiar

Tyrant's Familiar is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 183 in that set, with art by Todd Lockwood. It costs {5}{R}{R} (five generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Commander 2014 (2014) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying, haste

Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 7 damage to target creature defending player controls."

Nothing escapes its gaze-or its breath.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (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 Tyrant's Familiar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Tyrant's Familiar

Tyrant's Familiar has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #165Rare2022
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #125Rare2018
Commander 2017 (C17) #143Rare2017
Commander 2014 (C14) #39Rare2014

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Tyrant's Familiar, newest first.

  • If you lose control of your commander, lieutenant abilities of creatures you control will immediately stop applying. If this causes a creature’s toughness to become less than or equal to the amount of damage marked on it, the creature will be destroyed.
  • Lieutenant abilities refer only to whether you control your commander, not any other player’s commander.
  • If a triggered ability granted by a lieutenant ability triggers, and in response to that trigger you lose control of your commander (causing the lieutenant to lose that ability), that triggered ability will still resolve.
  • If you gain control of a creature with a lieutenant ability owned by another player, that ability will check to see if you control your commander and will apply if you do. It won’t check whether its owner controls their commander.
  • Lieutenant abilities apply only if your commander is on the battlefield and under your control.

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