---
name: "Marauding Mako"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Shark Pirate"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "419"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alix Branwyn"
oracle_id: "e349be42-5f14-44a9-9608-281985c10e2d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/marauding-mako-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Marauding Mako
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Shark Pirate
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Whenever you discard one or more cards, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Magmakin Artillerist](/printing/magmakin-artillerist-dft.md) — Creature — Elemental Pirate
2. [Scrounging Skyray](/printing/scrounging-skyray-dft.md) — Creature — Fish Pirate
3. [Horror of the Broken Lands](/printing/horror-of-the-broken-lands-akh.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Captain Howler, Sea Scourge](/printing/captain-howler-sea-scourge-dft.md) — Legendary Creature — Shark Pirate
5. [Arius, Flyby Trawler](/printing/arius-flyby-trawler-ydft.md) — Legendary Creature — Shark Pirate
6. [Grisly Survivor](/printing/grisly-survivor-hou.md) — Creature — Minotaur Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #419
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alix Branwyn
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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