---
name: "Lutri, the Spellchaser"
mana_cost: "{1}{U/R}{U/R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Companion", "Flash"]
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "227"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lie Setiawan"
oracle_id: "158a6225-a246-4fd6-aa57-0df8067b4383"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lutri-the-spellchaser-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lutri, the Spellchaser
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U/R}{U/R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter
- **Keywords:** Companion, Flash

## Oracle Text
Companion — Each nonland card in your starting deck has a different name. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.)
Flash
When Lutri enters, if you cast it, copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lutri, Pauper Otter](/printing/lutri-pauper-otter-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter
2. [Lurrus of the Dream-Den](/printing/lurrus-of-the-dream-den-iko.md) — Legendary Creature — Cat Nightmare
3. [Alania, Divergent Storm](/printing/alania-divergent-storm-blb.md) — Legendary Creature — Otter Wizard
4. [Kitsa, Otterball Elite](/printing/kitsa-otterball-elite-blb.md) — Legendary Creature — Otter Wizard
5. [The Strixhaven-Lorwyn Rover](/printing/the-strixhaven-lorwyn-rover-unk.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Construct
6. [Reflections of Littjara](/printing/reflections-of-littjara-tdc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #227
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lie Setiawan

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-04-17)* The companion ability has no effect if the card is in your starting deck and creates no restriction on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck. For example, Zirda may be in your starting deck even if your other permanent cards don't all have activated abilities.
- *(2020-04-17)* The companion's other abilities apply only if the creature is on the battlefield. They have no effect while the companion is outside the game.
- *(2020-04-17)* If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode. A different mode can't be chosen.
- *(2020-04-17)* Before shuffling your deck to become your library, you may reveal one card from outside the game to be your companion if your starting deck meets the requirements of the companion ability. You can't reveal more than one. It remains revealed outside the game as the game begins.
- *(2020-04-17)* If you reveal a companion outside the game, for as long as it remains there, you may pay {3} any time you could cast a sorcery (that is, you have priority during your main phase and the stack is empty). Once you do, you put it into your hand and behaves like any other card you've brought into the game. For example, if it's discard, countered, or destroyed, it's put into your graveyard, remaining in the game. This is a change from previous rules.
- *(2020-04-17)* The requirements of the companion ability apply only to your starting deck. They do not apply to your sideboard.