Neurok Familiar
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, reveal the top card of your library. If it's an artifact card, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30047
Neurok Familiar enters, reveals the top card of your library, and if it's an artifact you put it in your hand — a free draw stapled to a 1/1 flier for two mana. Outside dedicated artifact synergy decks, the hit rate is too unreliable to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Neurok Familiar earns a slot only in artifact-heavy decks where the top-of-library reveal is close to a guaranteed hit — think Breya, Etherium Shaper or Emry, Lurker of the Loch builds running 25-plus artifacts. In Pauper, the common card pool and aggressive artifact synergies make it a fringe option in Affinity shells, though the body is fragile. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 1/1 that maybe draws a card. Neurok Familiar is a draft throwback that found a niche in Commander artifact synergy lists and almost nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Neurok Familiar is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a bulk bin or tossing it into an order to hit free shipping. There's no price pressure here; supply is high and demand is narrow enough that this stays a quarter-bin staple indefinitely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.