Keeper of Fables
Keeper of Fables: Creature - Cat, Zendikar Rising Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Cat
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 71
- Artist
- Alex Konstad
- Commander rank
- 3,191 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Keeper of Fables
Keeper of Fables is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC), a Commander product released in September 2020. It is collector number 71 in that set, with art by Alex Konstad. It costs {3}{G}{G} (three generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever one or more non-Human creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
"Only the lion knows more stories than I do." -Chulane, Teller of Tales
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Keeper of Fables by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Keeper of Fables
Keeper of Fables has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #ELD-163 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #407 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #163 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Keeper of Fables, newest first.
- Keeper of Fables's ability triggers even if it's dealt lethal damage at the same time that non-Humans you control deal combat damage to a player.
- If non-Human creatures you control deal combat damage to two or more players at the same time, Keeper of Fables's ability triggers for each of those players.
- Because creatures with first strike deal combat damage before creatures without first strike, Keeper of Fables's ability can trigger twice during one combat if your creatures deal combat damage to one player at different times.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Keeper of Fables is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.