---
name: "Fangkeeper's Familiar"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Snake"
colors: ["B", "G", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "U"]
keywords: ["Surveil", "Flash"]
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "183"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Szabo"
oracle_id: "06343800-b555-4a13-ad4d-19e37d200138"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fangkeepers-familiar-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fangkeeper's Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this creature enters, choose one —
• You gain 3 life and surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Counter target creature spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Naga Oracle](/printing/naga-oracle-akr.md) — Creature — Snake Cleric
2. [Appendage Amalgam](/printing/appendage-amalgam-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Horror
3. [Mystic Snake](/printing/mystic-snake-a25.md) — Creature — Snake
4. [Whisper Agent](/printing/whisper-agent-clu.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian](/printing/fandaniel-telophoroi-ascian-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard
6. [Sultai Ascendancy](/printing/sultai-ascendancy-ktk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #183
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Szabo
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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