Familiar is a form of batching introduced on the Mystery Booster 2 test card Chea, Friend to Maybe Too Many. It is a form of Typal coupling.
Description[ | ]
Bats, Birds, Cats, Dragons, Faeries, Foxes, Frogs, Imps, Lizards, and Spiders are familiars, as well as any creature with “Familiar” in its name.
Familiar in the name[ | ]
There are about fifty creature cards with Familiar in their name.
Example[ | ]
Example
Chea, Friend to Maybe Too Many 
Legendary Creature — Human Wizards
2/4
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.)
: Add X and each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of familiars you control.
Trivia[ | ]
- Chea is an anagram for "Each".
- Chea seems to refer to Disney princesses who always befriend animals.
