Doorkeeper
Return to Ravnica 37 • common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 37
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Defender
2 generic mana blue mana, tap: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
One piercing stare usually convinces thieves to go elsewhere.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Doorkeeper was released in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering expansion, Return to Ravnica. As a common-rarity creature belonging to the Azorius Senate, the card reflects the guild's focus on law, order, and defensive posture within the cityscape of Ravnica. The design emphasizes the guild's mechanical identity, providing a stall tactic that rewards players for accumulating defenders, a strategy common in limited play formats at the time.
The artwork was illustrated by David Palumbo, who captured the stoic, imposing nature of the card's subject. Palumbo utilized a stark, vertical composition to emphasize the sentinel's duty as a gatekeeper, employing the blue and white color palette characteristic of the Azorius aesthetic. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional utility piece, appreciated for its ability to filter through a deck while discouraging aggressive early-game attacks from opponents.
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