---
name: "Necromancer's Familiar"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Hellbent"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "94"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Paul Scott Canavan"
oracle_id: "ce8833ea-5f58-4ab9-b33d-8972f2215574"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/necromancers-familiar-mh2"
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. [Spirit](/printing/spirit-tmm2.md) — Token Creature — Spirit
2. [Siren Lookout](/printing/siren-lookout-xln.md) — Creature — Siren Pirate
3. [Obyra's Attendants // Desperate Parry](/printing/obyras-attendants-desperate-parry-woe.md) — Creature — Faerie Wizard // Instant — Adventure
4. [Battlewing Mystic](/printing/battlewing-mystic-dmu.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Birds of Paradise](/printing/birds-of-paradise-sld.md) — Creature — Bird
6. [Bird](/printing/bird-totj.md) — Token Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #94
- **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`