Diligent Zookeeper
Creature — Human Citizen Ally
Each non-Human creature you control gets +1/+1 for each of its creature types, to a maximum of 10.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
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- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17544
Diligent Zookeeper trades one mana and a creature token for a direct answer to any single nonland permanent — that's a remarkably clean rate. The floor is a 1/1 body that replaces itself with removal; the ceiling is whatever you build around the sacrifice trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Diligent Zookeeper slots into any green-white or multicolor token strategy that needs repeatable, on-demand removal without committing to black. The sacrifice outlet doubles as a payoff engine when you're running Anointed Procession or similar token doublers, since you're spending tokens you'd generate anyway. In competitive constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, the rate is honest but not broken — one mana for one removal spell is fine, but it asks you to run tokens, which narrows the shells considerably. Legacy and Vintage have enough redundancy that a conditional 1/1 removal package rarely makes the cut. Standard is where Diligent Zookeeper has the most room to breathe, since the card pool is smaller and token synergies are easier to assemble.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Diligent Zookeeper isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current number. As a common or uncommon token-synergy piece, it typically sits in bulk-to-$1 territory unless a format breakout pushes demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.