Nightscape Familiar VMA

Card

id	99878
artist	Jeff Easley
artistIds	da17055e-693c-461a-b132-67dd88b42ca6
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	B
colorIndicator
colors	B
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	1296
edhrecSaltiness	0.1
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil, foil
flavorName
flavorText	Nightscape masters don't stop at raising the spirit of a fallen battlemage. They raise the flesh along with it.
frameEffects
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	1
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly	1
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{1}{B}
manaValue	2
name	Nightscape Familiar
number	131
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate Nightscape Familiar.
otherFaceIds
power	1
printings	C13, DDH, DMR, E01, PLS, SLD, VMA, WC02
promoTypes
rarity	common
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp
setCode	VMA
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signature
sourceProducts
subsets
subtypes	Zombie
supertypes
text	Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.
toughness	1
type	Creature — Zombie
types	Creature
uuid	f0a926d0-a93b-5e87-bf36-89adc187acd7
variations
watermark
setName	Vintage Masters

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2004-10-04	Can never affect the colored part of the cost.
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 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	The lower cost is not optional like with some other cost reducers.
2004-10-04	This can lower the cost to zero, but not below zero.
2022-12-08	A spell you cast that’s blue and red costs {1} less, not {2} 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.