Gamekeeper
Creature — Elf
When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and put all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #13223
Gamekeeper turns its own death into a free creature from the top of your library — raw value stapled to a dies trigger, no activation required. Henzie "Toolbox" Torre decks run it because blitz already plans to sacrifice the creature anyway, so the replacement creature is essentially a bonus cast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre blitzes Gamekeeper for reduced cost, it dies at end of turn by design, and the dies trigger immediately digs a free creature out of the library — the entire blitz loop is a setup for exactly this kind of exchange.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gamekeeper actually sees play — 100-card decks run enough high-mana creatures that the random reveal regularly hits something worth cheating into play. Legacy and Vintage have the card legal but no meaningful incentive to run it over faster, more consistent reanimation. Outside of Commander, the payoff is too variance-dependent and the body too fragile to compete.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Gamekeeper is firmly bulk — buy a copy without thinking twice. Bulk creature enchantments at this price point don't move unless a commander breaks them wide open, so treat this as a stable pickup rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.