---
name: "Forum Familiar"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Cat"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Disguise"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ilse Gort"
oracle_id: "7ea0012b-b90b-43d6-bb5b-e4e92452bea7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forum-familiar-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Forum Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Cat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Disguise

## Oracle Text
Disguise {1}{W} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, return another target permanent you control to its owner's hand and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unyielding Gatekeeper](/printing/unyielding-gatekeeper-mkm.md) — Creature — Elephant Cleric
2. [Bubble Smuggler](/printing/bubble-smuggler-mkm.md) — Creature — Octopus Fish
3. [Faerie Snoop](/printing/faerie-snoop-mkm.md) — Creature — Faerie Detective
4. [Boltbender](/printing/boltbender-mkc.md) — Creature — Goblin Wizard
5. [Vengeful Creeper](/printing/vengeful-creeper-mkm.md) — Creature — Plant Elemental
6. [Exit Specialist](/printing/exit-specialist-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #16
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ilse Gort
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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