Chea, Friend to Maybe Too Many
Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #591 · Rare · Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Mana cost: {1}{W}{B}{G}
Familiar spells you cast have flash. (Bats, Birds, Cats, Dragons, Faeries, Foxes, Frogs, Imps, Lizards, and Spiders are familiars, as well as any creature with "Familiar" in its name.)
{T}: Add X {G} and each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of familiars you control.
Power/toughness 2/4 · Illustrated by Stephanie Bouchard · Released August 2, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.29 USD · €0.39 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.05 USD (14.7%) to $0.29 USD; low $0.29 USD, high $0.34 USD.
Printings
- Mystery Booster 2 #591 (this printing) · Rare · 2024 · $0.29 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Not legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Not legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Not legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Not legal
- Duel: Not legal
Rulings
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as {T} and {W}. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — I’m not sure what wizard would want Lazav, Familiar Stranger as their familiar, but to each their own. (I would pick Owl Familiar, personally.)
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — Chea’s last ability is a mana ability. It doesn’t use the stack and can’t be responded to.
- 2024-11-08 · wotc — Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).