Biomancer's Familiar
Creature — Mutant
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Izzy
- Found in
- Ravnica Allegiance MTGO Redemption Foil · Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck Wild Bounty · 4 more
Constructed
Commander
Arena
Other
less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
: The next time target creature adapts this turn, it adapts as though it had no +1/+1 counters on it.
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Rulings
4 · latest Jan 25, 2019
- WotCJan 25, 2019
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Biomancer’s Familiar.
- WotCJan 25, 2019
An ability that has only one generic mana and some amount of other mana symbols in its activation cost will have its cost reduced by
. - WotCJan 25, 2019
Biomancer’s Familiar affects only abilities of creatures you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of creature cards that work in other zones (such as cycling) won’t be reduced.
- WotCJan 25, 2019
The last ability of Biomancer’s Familiar doesn’t add or remove any counters. It just lets the creature adapt despite already having +1/+1 counters on it.