---
name: "Nine-Lives Familiar"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Cat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PFDN"
set_name: "Foundations Promos"
collector_number: "66s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bram Sels"
oracle_id: "5049da27-f38b-4fe6-a387-51510bd1f44e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nine-lives-familiar-pfdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nine-Lives Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Cat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it.
When this creature dies, if it had a revival counter on it, return it to the battlefield with one fewer revival counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.

> *Her master gathered the bones to resurrect her, only to find her purring on the altar.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sabertooth Mauler](/printing/sabertooth-mauler-m21.md) — Creature — Cat
2. [Penumbra Bobcat](/printing/penumbra-bobcat-apc.md) — Creature — Cat
3. [Cauldron Familiar](/printing/cauldron-familiar-jmp.md) — Creature — Cat
4. [A-Cauldron Familiar](/printing/a-cauldron-familiar-eld.md) — Creature — Cat
5. [Hellcat, Undying Vigilante](/printing/hellcat-undying-vigilante-pw26.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Hero
6. [Feral Prowler](/printing/feral-prowler-akr.md) — Creature — Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations Promos (PFDN) #66s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bram Sels
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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