Encampment Keeper
Creature — Dog
First strike
, 
, Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #21794
Encampment Keeper pumps your whole team and gives them first strike on the turn it matters most — but only once, on the way out, and only if you have seven mana to spare when it dies. A niche payoff for sacrifice-happy white strategies that want a lord effect stapled to a death trigger.
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, Encampment Keeper fits narrowest in go-wide white strategies that can reliably trigger its death ability — think token builds or dedicated sacrifice loops where you control when it dies. Outside of that niche, a seven-mana activated ability is too expensive to count on in a format full of instant-speed removal that will deny the trigger entirely. In Pauper it's a common, but white weenie and token strategies there have access to more efficient anthems and don't need a death-conditional pump. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, Encampment Keeper is too slow and too conditional to see play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Encampment Keeper is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a draft chaff box. That price reflects its narrow application, and there's no pressure driving it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.