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Keeper of Kookus

Creature — Goblin

{R}: This creature gains protection from red until end of turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Visions
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#28103
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Keeper of Kookus card art
Keeper of Kookus is a 1/3 for one red mana with a built-in firebreathing ability — pump it for R at instant speed — but the catch is real: it gets -2/-0 unless you control a card named Kookus, which isn't legal in most Constructed formats. Outside of a very narrow tribal or joke build, Keeper of Kookus is unplayable.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Keeper of Kookus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is doing no favors here. The Kookus dependency means Keeper of Kookus sits at a functional 1/1 for R in virtually every game — Kookus itself is an obscure card that almost never appears in the same 99. In Pauper and Legacy, far better one-drop red creatures exist without self-imposed stat penalties. Commander is theoretically the most forgiving environment given 100-card singleton variety, but there's still no reasonable deck where Keeper of Kookus earns a slot.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Keeper of Kookus is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is essentially zero. It holds no value trajectory worth considering; pick it up only if you're hunting for a complete Visions set or building the most committed Kookus package imaginable.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.