Akki Ember-Keeper
Enchantment Creature — Goblin Warrior
Whenever a nontoken modified creature you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #17552
Akki Ember-Keeper turns every noncreature spell you cast into a 1/1 Spirit token with haste, snowballing board presence whenever you're already doing what red wants to do. The cost is a two-mana 2/2 with no protection — it dies to anything, so the value front-loads into the turn you play it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Akki Ember-Keeper is a role-player in Goblin and spellslinger decks — not a build-around, but a cheap engine piece that accrues value across a long game. Pauper is where it has the most competitive traction: common-legal token generators that produce hasty bodies on spell triggers are genuinely scarce, and Akki Ember-Keeper fills that slot at a price any deck can afford. In Modern and Pioneer, it's fringe at best — two mana for a 2/2 that requires additional spells to generate value doesn't clear the bar in formats where every card needs to be independently threatening.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Akki Ember-Keeper is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins before you pay shipping for a single copy. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.