---
name: "Steel Squirrel"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Squirrel"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "162"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "91207a94-640b-4e3e-a459-6d097e66418d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/steel-squirrel-ust"
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"
---

# Steel Squirrel
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Squirrel
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever you roll a 5 or higher on a die, this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the result.
{6}: Roll a six-sided die.

> *Q: Where does a mechanical squirrel hide its nuts?
A: In a bolt hole.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Snickering Squirrel](/printing/snickering-squirrel-ust.md) — Creature — Squirrel Advisor
2. [Xenosquirrels](/printing/xenosquirrels-unf.md) — Creature — Alien Squirrel
3. [Vedalken Squirrel-Whacker](/printing/vedalken-squirrel-whacker-unf.md) — Creature — Vedalken Guest
4. [Chittering Doom](/printing/chittering-doom-ust.md) — Enchantment
5. [Painiac](/printing/painiac-und.md) — Creature — Brainiac
6. [Urza's Science Fair Project](/printing/urzas-science-fair-project-ugl.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #162
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow

## 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`