Keeper of Tresserhorn
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Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and defending player loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.62
- EDHREC rank
- #30509
Keeper of Tresserhorn is a 10/4 for five mana — one of the most efficient bodies in black-red by raw stats — but the entry cost is brutal: you sacrifice two creatures and lose 2 life on cast. The upside is real in sacrifice-matters shells; everywhere else, the payment outweighs the payoff.
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 Keeper of Tresserhorn actually belongs — sacrifice synergies are everywhere in black-red, the one-of format means you're not paying the creature tax multiple times, and a 10/4 that threatens to end games in two attacks is exactly the kind of haymaker grindy aristocrats builds want. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but never sees play; five mana for a creature with no evasion and a punishing cast cost can't compete in formats where Reanimator cheats in Griselbrand for free. Keeper of Tresserhorn is a Commander card through and through — evaluate it on that axis.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.62 bulk tier
At $0.62, Keeper of Tresserhorn is firmly bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability rather than any shortage of demand. It's stable there; nothing about its role as a niche sacrifice payoff in Commander pushes it higher.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.