Cantankerous Keepers

The Hobbit #122

Cantankerous Keepers - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Elf Soldier

Mana cost: {5}{G}

Card text: Affinity for Elves (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Elf you control.) When this creature enters, mill four cards, then put all Elf cards from among them into your hand.

P/T: 4/3

Rarity: rare

Artist: Ramza Psyru

"The guards were decidedly less than pleased, upon waking, to find their prisoners escaped."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.27 USD · $0.32 USD (Foil) · €0.34 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Is Cantankerous Keepers good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Cantankerous Keepers D tier — below average or highly situational in draft.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for The Hobbit and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review.

Cantankerous Keepers Price History & Market Trend

Daily USD and EUR price tracking for Cantankerous Keepers (The Hobbit #122), last 30 snapshots.

Over the last 30 days Cantankerous Keepers has held steady to $0.24, 41.5% below its $0.41 high on 2026-10-08 and 50.0% above its $0.16 low on 2026-09-14.

Current
$0.24
7-day change
+4.3%
Period high
$0.41
2026-10-08
Period low
$0.16
2026-09-14
DateUSDEURUSD FoilEUR Foil
2026-09-13 $0.24 0.27€ $0.21 0.27€
2026-09-14 $0.16 0.31€ $0.16 0.27€
2026-09-15 $0.2 0.35€ $0.16 0.28€
2026-09-16 $0.18 0.33€ $0.15 0.25€
2026-09-17 $0.24 0.32€ $0.17 0.23€
2026-09-18 $0.27 0.32€ $0.17 0.21€
2026-09-19 $0.21 0.31€ $0.17 0.25€
2026-09-20 $0.21 0.31€ $0.17 0.25€
2026-09-21 $0.21 0.34€ $0.24 0.25€
2026-09-22 $0.21 0.33€ $0.27 0.23€
2026-09-23 $0.18 0.35€ $0.27 0.22€
2026-09-24 $0.17 0.35€ $0.26 0.22€
2026-09-25 $0.18 0.36€ $0.24 0.25€
2026-09-26 $0.17 0.36€ $0.24 0.23€
2026-09-27 $0.16 0.36€ $0.23 0.23€
2026-09-28 $0.16 0.36€ $0.23 0.23€
2026-09-29 $0.17 0.35€ $0.23 0.23€
2026-09-30 $0.19 0.34€ $0.23 0.26€
2026-10-01 $0.16 0.34€ $0.2 0.26€
2026-10-02 $0.18 0.33€ $0.18 0.25€
2026-10-03 $0.23 0.33€ $0.18 0.28€
2026-10-04 $0.23 0.31€ $0.18 0.29€
2026-10-05 $0.23 0.3€ $0.21 0.28€
2026-10-06 $0.26 0.3€ $0.21 0.28€
2026-10-07 $0.23 0.31€ $0.18 0.32€
2026-10-08 $0.41 0.3€ $0.18 0.31€
2026-10-09 $0.34 0.34€ $0.17 0.34€
2026-10-10 $0.31 0.34€ $0.17 0.34€
2026-10-11 $0.27 0.35€ $0.17 0.33€
2026-10-12 $0.24 0.36€ $0.17 0.36€

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Cantankerous Keepers in The Hobbit limited

common

Wood Elves
Wood Elves
Creature — Elf Scout

Wood Elves is an Elf that reduces Cantankerous Keepers' cost via affinity, and it can be found by Cantankerous Keepers' mill-four trigger, helping assemble the Elf army needed to make the affinity discount significant.

 Boughside Wanderers
Boughside Wanderers
Creature — Elf Scout

Boughside Wanderers is an Elf that reduces Cantankerous Keepers' cost and can be found by its mill trigger, while also helping find more permanents to keep the Elf chain going.

 Guardian of the Halls
Guardian of the Halls
Creature — Elf Soldier

Guardian of the Halls is an Elf that reduces Cantankerous Keepers' affinity cost and can be milled into hand by Cantankerous Keepers, providing a large trample body to close out games.

uncommon

Woodland Weavemaster
Woodland Weavemaster
Creature — Elf Druid

Woodland Weavemaster grows whenever another Elf enters, so Cantankerous Keepers entering and milling more Elves into hand creates a chain of power boosts, and Weavemaster's mana ability helps cast the Elves found.

rare

Down in the Valley
Down in the Valley
Enchantment — Saga

Down in the Valley creates Elf tokens on Landfall, which both reduce Cantankerous Keepers' affinity cost and can be found by its mill trigger, while the Saga's pump effect rewards having a wide Elf board.

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