Jackal Familiar

set	min	mtgo
-	€ 0.05	0.03 tix

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Name	Jackal Familiar
Type	Creature — jackal
Description	Jackal Familiar can't attack or block alone.
Flavor	"Let the gray-hairs keep their ravens and drakes. My familiar will be a reflection of me: bloodthirsty, with a predator's instinct." —Taivang, barbarian warlord
Artist	Alex Horley-Orlandelli
Set	Magic 2010 #143
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Jackal Familiar

Jackal Familiar, Creature — jackal, designed by Alex Horley-Orlandelli first released in Jul, 2009 in the set Magic 2010. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of € 0.05.

Jackal Familiar can be a valuable addition to a deck that focuses on swarm tactics or token generation, where it can be paired with other creatures to maximize its effectiveness. While its restriction of not being able to attack or block alone can be a drawback, it can still be a useful card in the right strategy. However, there are potentially better cards available depending on the specific deck archetype, such as Goblin Instigator or Mogg War Marshal, which offer similar benefits but with additional advantages like token generation or tribal synergies. Ultimately, whether Jackal Familiar should see play depends on the overall strategy and synergy of the deck it is being considered for.

Rules

10/01/09

Once Jackal Familiar has been legally declared as an attacking or blocking creature, how many other creatures it’s attacking or blocking with no longer matters. For example, if Jackal Familiar and Canyon Minotaur both attack, then Canyon Minotaur leaves the battlefield, Jackal Familiar continues to attack even though it’s now attacking alone.

10/01/09

“Can’t attack alone” means Jackal Familiar can’t be declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step unless at least one other creature is also declared as an attacker at that time (either by you or your Two-Headed Giant teammate).

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