Keen-Eyed Curator
Creature — Raccoon Scout
As long as there are four or more card types among cards exiled with this creature, it gets +4/+4 and has trample.
: Exile target card from a graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $1.64
- EDHREC rank
- #9607
Keen-Eyed Curator enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself by pulling an artifact or creature from your top five cards — the card selection is the point, and it costs nothing beyond the mana you were already spending. In any deck that wants to chain artifacts or recur creatures from the graveyard, it earns its slot on value alone; Muerra, Trash Tactician decks run it at over 86% inclusion because the two are purpose-built for each other.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician wants a steady stream of artifacts hitting the graveyard, and Keen-Eyed Curator does double duty — it digs for the next artifact while entering as a creature body that feeds the discard-and-sacrifice engine Muerra runs.
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 |
Keen-Eyed Curator is legal across every major constructed format but belongs almost entirely in Commander, where the artifact-creature overlap it rewards is easiest to build around and singleton pressure makes any ETB that filters the top five cards genuinely valuable. In competitive constructed — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — a three-mana 2/3 with conditional card selection doesn't clear the bar; those formats demand faster, more reliable payoffs. Standard is the one exception where it might see fringe play if an artifact-synergy shell exists in the current pool, but it won't be a staple. Commander is its home, and specifically the graveyard-artifact corner of Commander where every piece of selection doubles as setup.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.64 cheap tier
At $1.64, Keen-Eyed Curator sits in the cheap tier — easy to pick up as a role-player without any budget math. Its price is tied to a narrow but enthusiastic Commander niche, so it's unlikely to spike dramatically or crater; it'll stay right around this range as long as Muerra, Trash Tactician remains the primary home.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.