---
name: "Mongoose Lizard"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Mongoose Lizard"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Mountaincycling", "Landcycling", "Menace", "Typecycling", "Cycling"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "148"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Joseph Weston"
oracle_id: "a9bae56c-9666-42e8-94ec-03b0a964b142"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mongoose-lizard-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mongoose Lizard
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Mongoose Lizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/6
- **Keywords:** Mountaincycling, Landcycling, Menace, Typecycling, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.
Mountaincycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bedhead Beastie](/printing/bedhead-beastie-dsk.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Viashino Runner](/printing/viashino-runner-usg.md) — Creature — Lizard
3. [Underdark Explorer](/printing/underdark-explorer-clb.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior
4. [Ravine Raider](/printing/ravine-raider-blb.md) — Creature — Lizard Rogue
5. [Summit Apes](/printing/summit-apes-plst.md) — Creature — Ape
6. [Weldfast Monitor](/printing/weldfast-monitor-kld.md) — Artifact Creature — Lizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #148
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Joseph Weston
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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