Owl Familiar
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #20135
Owl Familiar replaces itself when it enters — a 1/1 flier for two mana that draws a card is the floor, and that floor is just barely playable. The problem is that two mana for a 1/1 with no other upside is a bad rate everywhere that isn't explicitly synergy-driven.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Owl Familiar is a bulk common in every format where it's legal, and its ceiling never really changes. In Commander, it shows up in Ninjas lists and flicker shells where the ETB draw can be looped or replayed, but it's firmly a budget placeholder rather than a first choice. Pauper is the one format where the card-draw-on-a-body formula matters most, and even there it competes poorly against cantrip creatures with better stats. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana 1/1 regardless of the rider.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Owl Familiar is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: nobody is hunting for copies, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.