---
name: "Plaguecrafter's Familiar"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Rat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "J21"
set_name: "Jumpstart: Historic Horizons"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "4e6747f8-abd4-4e97-a91e-17c7025a07ad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plaguecrafters-familiar-j21"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Plaguecrafter's Familiar
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
When Plaguecrafter's Familiar enters the battlefield, choose a creature card in your hand. It perpetually gains deathtouch.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Typhoid Rats](/printing/typhoid-rats-cns.md) — Creature — Rat
2. [Engine Rat](/printing/engine-rat-dft.md) — Creature — Zombie Rat
3. [Ruin Rat](/printing/ruin-rat-plst.md) — Creature — Rat
4. [Plague Engineer](/printing/plague-engineer-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
5. [Pestilent Spirit](/printing/pestilent-spirit-rna.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Disease Carriers](/printing/disease-carriers-uds.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory

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