Cantankerous Keepers
The Hobbit 306 • rare
- Set
- The Hobbit
- Collector number
- 306
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Ramza Psyru
- Market price
- $0.59
What it does
Affinity for Elves (This spell costs 1 generic mana less to cast for each Elf you control.)
When this creature enters, mill four cards, then put all Elf cards from among them into your hand.
The guards were decidedly less than pleased, upon waking, to find their prisoners escaped.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cantankerous Keepers is a card from the 1976 'The Hobbit' trading card set, manufactured by Donruss. Released to coincide with the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, the set aimed to capture the fantasy aesthetic for a younger audience, utilizing colorful, stylized illustrations that interpreted the characters and events of the novel in a way distinct from later film adaptations.
The illustrations for the set were produced by artists contracted by Donruss, focusing on a vibrant, illustrative style common to mid-1970s collectible cards. While the specific illustrator for card number 306 remains uncredited in public archives, the series was received as a nostalgic piece of pop culture ephemera that leaned into the whimsical and dangerous elements of Middle-earth, serving as a gateway for many fans to engage with the franchise visually before the era of high-budget cinematic merchandising.
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