---
name: "Pyretic Hunter"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Cat"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Wright"
oracle_id: "6ea507d3-2b8d-4f08-824c-0de0ae214da5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pyretic-hunter-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pyretic Hunter
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Cat
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Reveal this card as you draft it and note how many cards you've drafted this draft round, including this card.
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the highest number you noted for cards named Pyretic Hunter.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lurking Automaton](/printing/lurking-automaton-cns.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
2. [Helpful Hunter](/printing/helpful-hunter-sld.md) — Creature — Cat
3. [Garbage Fire](/printing/garbage-fire-cn2.md) — Instant
4. [Custodi Peacekeeper](/printing/custodi-peacekeeper-cn2.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Foggy Swamp Hunters](/printing/foggy-swamp-hunters-tla.md) — Creature — Human Ranger Ally
6. [Animus of Predation](/printing/animus-of-predation-cn2.md) — Creature — Avatar

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #56
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Wright
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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