Sylvan Safekeeper
Judgment 133 • rare
- Set
- Judgment
- Collector number
- 133
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $15.58
What it does
Sacrifice a land: Target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"How could someone so small cause so much trouble?"— Nomad sentry
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sylvan Safekeeper was released in 2002 as part of the Judgment expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the final set in the Odyssey block, Judgment focused heavily on green and white mechanics, emphasizing the graveyard and defensive utility. The card was designed to provide green decks with a recurring protection mechanism, allowing players to sacrifice a land to grant shroud to a target creature, a strategic trade-off that rewarded careful resource management.
The artwork for this card was created by illustrator Randy Gallegos. Working within the aesthetic constraints of the Odyssey block, Gallegos depicted the safekeeper as an ethereal, woodland guardian blending into the forest landscape. Upon its release, the card became a staple in various constructed formats, particularly those where protecting key creatures from removal spells was essential to securing a win.
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