---
name: "Malamet Veteran"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Cat Warrior"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Descend", "Trample"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "201"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Steve Prescott"
oracle_id: "25a9c864-59c6-4230-a234-bf78bf1ef24c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/malamet-veteran-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Malamet Veteran
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Cat Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Descend, Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample
Descend 4 — Whenever this creature attacks, if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

> *Die mächtigsten Malamet-Krieger werden zu Titanentötern ausgebildet — Elitekämpfern, die es mit den furchterregendsten Bestien der Höhlen aufnehmen können.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Malamet Brawler](/printing/malamet-brawler-lci.md) — Creature — Cat Warrior
2. [Attuned Hunter](/printing/attuned-hunter-tdm.md) — Creature — Human Ranger
3. [Territorial Scythecat](/printing/territorial-scythecat-j25.md) — Creature — Cat
4. [Child of the Volcano](/printing/child-of-the-volcano-lci.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Gorilla Titan](/printing/gorilla-titan-ody.md) — Creature — Ape
6. [Akawalli, the Seething Tower](/printing/akawalli-the-seething-tower-lci.md) — Legendary Creature — Fungus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #201
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Steve Prescott
- **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`