Doorkeeper
Creature — Homunculus
Defender
, 
: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #17116
Doorkeeper blanket-shuts down activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control — including mana dorks, sacrifice outlets, and tap abilities — for as long as it stays in play. The cost is a 0/4 body at two mana that does nothing offensive and dies to any targeted removal.
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, Doorkeeper is a niche hatebear targeting creature-heavy combo decks that lean on activated abilities — think Heliod, Sun-Crowned lines or Krenko, Mob Boss builds. Outside that specific meta call, it sits in the 99 gathering dust most games. In Pauper it's legal but sees virtually no play; the format's threats rarely hinge on activated creature abilities the way EDH pods do. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have faster, more powerful ways to disrupt the board, so Doorkeeper doesn't show up there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Doorkeeper is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a highly situational effect. It won't appreciate; it's the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.