---
name: "Reluctant Role Model"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Survivor"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Lifelink", "Survival"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "8d24c12a-a300-4199-b2a9-3d5ead8df617"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reluctant-role-model-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Reluctant Role Model
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Survivor
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Lifelink, Survival

## Oracle Text
Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying, lifelink, or +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on up to one target creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shrewd Storyteller](/printing/shrewd-storyteller-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Survivor
2. [Acrobatic Cheerleader](/printing/acrobatic-cheerleader-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Survivor
3. [Effie, Fast Learner](/printing/effie-fast-learner-ydsk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Survivor
4. [Cautious Survivor](/printing/cautious-survivor-dsk.md) — Creature — Elf Survivor
5. [Dawnstrike Vanguard](/printing/dawnstrike-vanguard-eoe.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Aerith Gainsborough](/printing/aerith-gainsborough-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #26
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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