Groundskeeper
Ninth Edition 247★ • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 247★
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Alan Rabinowitz
- Finish
- Foil
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 originally released in the Ninth Edition core set for Magic: The Gathering, which debuted in 2005. As a core set, Ninth Edition served as a foundational release for the game, featuring a curated selection of cards designed to introduce players to common mechanics while maintaining a balance between nostalgia and playability. The card itself represents the green color identity, focusing on land recursion mechanics that allow players to return land cards from their graveyard to their hand.
The artwork for this card was provided by Alan Rabinowitz, who crafted a depiction of a weathered, stoic guardian tending to the natural landscape. His design aimed to capture the essence of a grounding, earthy figure whose role is to mend the forest floor. Within the meta of the time, the card was viewed as a niche utility piece, valued more for its thematic resonance and specific mechanical synergy in land-focused decks rather than for high-level competitive dominance.
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