Groundskeeper
Shadows over Innistrad 208 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 208
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Anthony Palumbo
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
1 generic mana green mana: Return target basic land card from your graveyard to your hand.
"While the church thinks in terms of legacies, others think in terms of eternities."
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 released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad set for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to support the set's graveyard-focused mechanics, specifically the delirium keyword, which rewards players for having various card types in their graveyard. Its ability to return lands from the graveyard to a player's hand provided a niche form of utility, reflecting the grim, cyclical nature of the Innistrad plane where the line between life and death is constantly blurred.
The artwork for Groundskeeper was created by Johannes Voss, a long-time contributor to the game known for his atmospheric and detailed style. Voss leaned into the gothic horror aesthetic of the set, depicting a weary, weathered figure amidst the mist-covered, haunted landscapes of Innistrad. The design was received as a functional, low-cost utility creature, favored by players who enjoyed land-recursion strategies or required a reliable way to stabilize their mana base in limited formats.
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