---
name: "Helpful Hunter"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Cat"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "895"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chuck Grieb"
oracle_id: "c0864adb-e9aa-40b6-91ff-a0646193e887"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/helpful-hunter-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Helpful Hunter
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Cat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, draw a card.

> *The spoils of victory taste of catnip.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Generous Stray](/printing/generous-stray-grn.md) — Creature — Cat
2. [Feral Prowler](/printing/feral-prowler-akr.md) — Creature — Cat
3. [Keeper of Fables](/printing/keeper-of-fables-jmp.md) — Creature — Cat
4. [Kindly Customer](/printing/kindly-customer-tle.md) — Creature — Human Citizen
5. [Roving Harper](/printing/roving-harper-clb.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
6. [Savannah Sage](/printing/savannah-sage-m20.md) — Creature — Cat Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #895
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chuck Grieb
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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