Thornscape Familiar is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Red spells and white spells you cast costless to cast.
How it works : Thornscape Familiar
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell is both red and white, you pay
less, not 
less.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
This can lower the cost to zero, but not below zero.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The effect is cumulative.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The lower cost is not optional like with some other cost reducers.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Can never affect the colored part of the cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If this card is sacrificed to pay part of a spell’s cost, the cost reduction still applies.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Felidar Guardian + Thornscape Familiar + Stormscape Familiar
- 1Cast Appa by paying
- 2When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Felidar Guardian with the ability to cast it later from exile.
- 3Cast Felidar Guardian from exile by paying
. - 4Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
- 5When Felidar Guardian enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Icewind Stalwart + Thornscape Familiar + Stormscape Familiar
- 1Cast Appa by paying
- 2When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Icewind Stalwart with the ability to cast it later from exile.
- 3Cast Icewind Stalwart from exile by paying .
- 4Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
- 5When Icewind Stalwart enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Restoration Angel + Thornscape Familiar + Stormscape Familiar
- 1Cast Appa by paying
- 2When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Restoration Angel with the ability to cast it later from exile.
- 3Cast Restoration Angel from exile by paying .
- 4Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
- 5When Restoration Angel enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Felidar Guardian + Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Thornscape Familiar
- 1Cast Appa by paying
- 2When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Felidar Guardian with the ability to cast it later from exile.
- 3Cast Felidar Guardian from exile by paying .
- 4Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
- 5When Felidar Guardian enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Restoration Angel + Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Thornscape Familiar
- 1Cast Appa by paying
- 2When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Restoration Angel with the ability to cast it later from exile.
- 3Cast Restoration Angel from exile by paying .
- 4Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
- 5When Restoration Angel enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Icewind Stalwart + Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Thornscape Familiar
- 1Cast Appa by paying
- 2When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Icewind Stalwart with the ability to cast it later from exile.
- 3Cast Icewind Stalwart from exile by paying .
- 4Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
- 5When Icewind Stalwart enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
Defiler of Faith + Whitemane Lion + Thornscape Familiar
- 1Cast Whitemane Lion by paying and 2 life due to Defiler of Faith and Thornscape Familiar.
- 2Defiler of Faith triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3When the Soldier enters, the "Soul Sister" card triggers, causing you to gain life.
- 4Resolve Whitemane Lion. When it enters, it and the Soul Sister trigger.
- 5Resolve the Whitemane Lion trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Soul Sister trigger, causing you to gain life.
- 7Repeat.
Defiler of Faith + Kor Skyfisher + Thornscape Familiar
- 1Cast Kor Skyfisher by paying and 2 life due to Defiler of Faith and Thornscape Familiar.
- 2Defiler of Faith triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 3When the Soldier enters, the "Soul Sister" card triggers, causing you to gain life.
- 4Resolve Kor Skyfisher. When it enters, it and the Soul Sister trigger.
- 5Resolve the Kor Skyfisher trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Soul Sister trigger, causing you to gain life.
- 7Repeat.
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