Name
Cantankerous Keepers
Mana Cost
Type
Creature — Elf Soldier
Set
The Hobbit
Rarity
Rare
Text
Affinity for Elves (This spell costs less to cast for each Elf you control.)
When this creature enters, mill four cards, then put all Elf cards from among them into your hand.
Flavor Text
The guards were decidedly less than pleased, upon waking, to find their prisoners escaped.
Power/Toughness
4/3
Number
#122
Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage
Availability
Arena | Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(29/06/2026)
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Cantankerous Keepers's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
(29/06/2026)
Affinity for Elves reduces only the generic mana in the cost to cast Cantankerous Keepers. The colored mana must still be paid.
Artist
Ramza Psyru
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