---
name: "Foul Familiar"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DKM"
set_name: "Deckmasters"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "90767f52-fa6d-4ef3-ae54-d8e3881971c1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/foul-familiar-dkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Foul Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1

## Oracle Text
This creature can't block.
{B}, Pay 1 life: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

> *"Serve me, and live forever."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blinking Spirit](/printing/blinking-spirit-ice.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Tormented Soul](/printing/tormented-soul-pc2.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Despoiler of Souls](/printing/despoiler-of-souls-ori.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Zephyr Spirit](/printing/zephyr-spirit-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [A-Cauldron Familiar](/printing/a-cauldron-familiar-eld.md) — Creature — Cat
6. [Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch](/printing/kaijin-of-the-vanishing-touch-bok.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Deckmasters (DKM) #5
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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