---
name: "Necromancer's Familiar"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Hellbent"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "364"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Paul Scott Canavan"
oracle_id: "ce8833ea-5f58-4ab9-b33d-8972f2215574"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/necromancers-familiar-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Necromancer's Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Hellbent

## Oracle Text
Flying
Hellbent — This creature has lifelink as long as you have no cards in hand.
{B}, Discard a card: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Headless Specter](/printing/headless-specter-mh1.md) — Creature — Specter
2. [Demon's Jester](/printing/demons-jester-dis.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Skirge Familiar](/printing/skirge-familiar-mh2.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp
4. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Shrieking Specter](/printing/shrieking-specter-s99.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Cursed Monstrosity](/printing/cursed-monstrosity-ody.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #364
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Paul Scott Canavan
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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