---
name: "Teacher's Pet"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Cat Bird Scientist"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mark Behm"
oracle_id: "e2794c12-c375-4e95-94ad-51901499c35f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/teachers-pet-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"
---

# Teacher's Pet
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Cat Bird Scientist
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
{2}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a card with augment, combine it with target host you control, then shuffle.

> *"First attempt: unsuccessful. Instead of an amphibious chicken, hybridization produced an aquaphobic fish."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Half-Kitten, Half-](/printing/half-kitten-half-ust.md) — Creature — Cat
2. [Strutting Turkey](/printing/strutting-turkey-und.md) — Host Creature — Bird
3. [Dr. Julius Jumblemorph](/printing/dr-julius-jumblemorph-ust.md) — Legendary Creature
4. [Clever Combo](/printing/clever-combo-ust.md) — Sorcery
5. [Half-Squirrel, Half-](/printing/half-squirrel-half-und.md) — Creature — Squirrel
6. [Aven Augur](/printing/aven-augur-fut.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #25
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mark Behm

## 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`