---
name: "Ertai's Familiar"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Illusion"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill", "Phasing"]
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kipling West"
oracle_id: "711cd80d-c58d-4c2a-87db-d2e4c75f60d3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ertais-familiar-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ertai's Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Illusion
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Mill, Phasing

## Oracle Text
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.

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #38
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kipling West
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`