---
name: "Loan Shark"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shark Rogue"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Plot"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Wayne Reynolds"
oracle_id: "15030c1d-7c0a-4273-a022-eb98d6c7a1ce"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/loan-shark-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Loan Shark
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shark Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Plot

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, if you've cast two or more spells this turn, draw a card.
Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lock and Load](/printing/lock-and-load-otc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Outlaw Stitcher](/printing/outlaw-stitcher-otj.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
3. [Shark Typhoon](/printing/shark-typhoon-sld.md) — Enchantment
4. [Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter](/printing/tiger-shark-abyssal-hunter-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Shark Human Villain
5. [Merfolk Looter](/printing/merfolk-looter-exo.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
6. [Illvoi Infiltrator](/printing/illvoi-infiltrator-eoe.md) — Creature — Jellyfish Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #55
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Wayne Reynolds
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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