Whipkeeper
Creature — Dwarf
: This creature deals damage to target creature equal to the damage already dealt to it this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #25056
Whipkeeper turns a creature's damage into a repeatable ping engine — tap it, deal damage equal to the damage already on target creature, and suddenly a board clogged with wounded blockers becomes a liability for your opponent. The catch is the setup cost: you need creatures already marked with damage, which means it wins combats you've already committed to rather than creating pressure on its own.
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 |
Whipkeeper is a Commander card in practice — its value compounds over a long game where creatures accumulate damage through combat and targeted effects, and multiplayer boards regularly supply the wounded targets it needs. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it simply doesn't compete: a four-mana 2/2 with a conditional tap ability gets outpaced on turn two, let alone turn four. Commander is the one format that slows down enough and goes wide enough to make Whipkeeper's activation consistently relevant, particularly in red-heavy builds that ping repeatedly before combat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Whipkeeper is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. It's a niche role-player with a small enough audience that the price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.