Groundskeeper
Ninth Edition 247 • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 247
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Alan Rabinowitz
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
1 generic mana green mana: Return target basic land card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Soldiers speak of defending the soil, but they care only for their nations. I care nothing for their nations and everything for the soil."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Groundskeeper was first introduced in the Ninth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, released in July 2005. As a core set, Ninth Edition served as a fundamental reprint collection designed to provide a stable foundation for the game, featuring a mix of cards from previous expansions that were curated to maintain balance and accessibility for players during that era.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Daren Bader, who has contributed extensively to the Magic: The Gathering aesthetic. His portrayal of the Groundskeeper emphasizes the pastoral, earthy nature of the creature type, aligning with the card's mechanical ability to retrieve basic lands from the graveyard. This thematic consistency was a hallmark of the set's design, which sought to reinforce the color pie and classic fantasy tropes for a broad audience.
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