First printed in Planeshift (2001)

All 9 prints

Nightscape Familiar

Creature — Zombie

Blue spells and red spells you cast cost 1 generic less to cast.
Black : Regenerate this creature.

Nightscape masters don't stop at raising the spirit of a fallen battlemage. They raise the flesh along with it.

1/1

Legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

2004-10-04 Can never affect the colored part of the cost.
2004-10-04 The generic X cost is still considered generic even if there is a requirement that a specific color be used for it. For example, “only black mana can be spent this way”. This distinction is important for effects which reduce the generic portion of a spell's cost.
2004-10-04 This can lower the cost to zero, but not below zero.
2004-10-04 If this card is sacrificed to pay part of a spell's cost, the cost reduction still applies.
2004-10-04 The effect is cumulative.
2004-10-04 The lower cost is not optional like with some other cost reducers.
2022-12-08 A spell you cast that’s blue and red costs less, not less.
2022-12-08 Activating the ability creates a replacement effect that acts like a shield, replacing the next time Nightscape Familiar would be destroyed that turn. This shield works against effects that try to destroy Nightscape Familiar or lethal damage that would be dealt to Nightscape Familiar.
2022-12-08 Nightscape Familiar can regenerate even if it isn’t in combat, it’s already tapped, or it’s undamaged.
2022-12-08 You can activate the regeneration ability even if Nightscape Familiar isn’t at risk of being destroyed.

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).

20 combos, the most popular first:

Deck	Copies	Finish
Ruby Storm RickArt7, 17 Oct	1 main	5-0
Ruby Storm DataPusher, 16 Oct	1 main	5-0
Ruby Storm DataPusher, 11 Oct	1 main	#17 of 58 4-2
Ruby Storm CosmicCharles, 8 Oct	2 main	5-0

Deck	Record
Rakdos, the Muscle CJ Myers in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Fire Lord Azula Amal Djasreel bin Amril in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	2-3 40%

Deck	Copies	Finish
Nekusar, the Mindrazer 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA, 25 Oct	1 main	#53 of 59 0-3
Abaddon the Despoiler Tyler Smith, 24 Oct	1 main	#11 of 22 0-3
Kefka, Court Mage Paddy Condon, 24 Oct	1 main	#7 (top 8) of 17 1-3
Rakdos, the Muscle CJ Myers, 24 Oct	1 main	#30 of 150 2-3
Kefka, Court Mage David Morcillo, 24 Oct	1 main	#3 (top 8) of 20 2-2
Nekusar, the Mindrazer Álvaro C, 24 Oct	1 main	#9 of 20 0-1
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver Alejandro, 24 Oct	1 main	#13 of 20 0-2
Rakdos, the Muscle Christian Harper, 17 Oct	1 main	#18 of 43 1-2