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Keeper of Keys

{3}{U}{U}

Creature — Human Rogue Mutant

CN2Conspiracy: Take the Crown#34rare

For the right price, he'll unlock your path to the throne.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Bastien L. Deharme
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, creatures you control can't be blocked this turn.
4/4
Plays as:
Unblockable GranterETB TriggerBecomes MonarchMonarch Payoff
Market · per finishtrend updated 4h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$1.87 low$1.17 gap
$4.00 low-$0.50 gap
Cheapest playable copy$4.14· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$4.14-1.9%30D
30D range$4.04to$4.22Since Feb 2024:H $4.87L $1.84
Foil$5.36+6.3%30D1.29× nonfoil
30D range$5.04to$5.36Since Feb 2024:H $7.75L $4.11

Other printings

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Found in

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  • Conspiracy Take the Crown Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $9.17

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%

Rulings

6 · latest Aug 23, 2016
  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    The last ability of Keeper of Keys checks to see if you're the monarch as your upkeep begins. If you're not, the ability won't trigger at all. You won't be able to do anything that would make you the monarch during your upkeep in time to have that ability trigger. The ability will also check to see if you're the monarch as it tries to resolve. If you're not the monarch at that time, the ability will have no effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    The last ability of Keeper of Keys will affect all creatures you control that turn, even if they weren't on the battlefield or weren't creatures as the ability resolved.