Refurbished Familiar Modern Horizons 3 Flying Artifact Rat
Refurbished Familiar merges tinkered power with a compact frame. This {3}{B} artifact creature features affinity for artifacts, lowering its cost for each artifact you control and rewarding a built up artifact suite. The flying body keeps it nimble past ground blockers, making it a practical addition to decks that lean into artifact synergies. The art portrays a winged rat amid a workshop scene, a tangible hint of its creator’s experimental mindset.
When Refurbished Familiar enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can’t, you draw a card. That etb effect creates immediate hand disruption and card advantage, especially in stacks heavy formats where you can leverage artifact support. With a 2/1 profile and flight, it serves as a reliable early drop that scales with your board, reinforcing the set’s theme of cunning machines meeting necromantic craft. In the card’s lore, the artificer turns to necromancy after a beloved pet dies, a fitting backstory for a creature that fuses metal and memory.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {3}{B}
- Card Type – Artifact Creature
- Subtypes – Zombie, Rat
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying When Refurbished Familiar enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.
- Power / Toughness – 2/1