Oak Street Innkeeper
Creature — Elf
During turns other than yours, tapped creatures you control have hexproof.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #15991
Oak Street Innkeeper gives your untapped creatures hexproof on each opponent's turn — a passive, always-on ward effect that demands nothing beyond keeping mana open. Two mana for a 1/1 is a steep body-to-cost ratio, but the ability is real enough to earn inclusion in tap-heavy or go-wide strategies.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Oak Street Innkeeper earns its slot in decks that keep creatures untapped between turns — Derevi builds, vigilance-matters strategies, or any shell that holds up interaction. The effect is genuinely strong at the table because opponents planning removal at instant speed suddenly face hexproof on most of the board. Outside Commander, the card sees essentially no competitive play — Modern and Legacy have faster, more consistent ways to protect creatures, and Pioneer has enough targeted-protection staples that a 1/1 body with a conditional trigger doesn't clear the bar. Legacy and Vintage don't ignore the effect, they just have no reason to run it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Oak Street Innkeeper is deep bulk — this is a pickup-from-a-dollar-bin card with no meaningful price floor to fall through. Supply is high and demand is narrow, so don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile Derevi build puts it on camera.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.