Keeper of Keys Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2016
Keeper of Keys has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Conspiracy: Take the Crown #34 at $4.14. The median across 1 priced printing is $4.14. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Conspiracy: Take the Crown.
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Every Keeper of Keys Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conspiracy: Take the Crown #34 (R) Cheapest | 2016 | $4.14 | $0.75 |
| The List #CN2-34 (R) | 2026 | — | — |
| Treasure Chest #15 (R) | 2016 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, creatures you control can't be blocked this turn.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsBeing the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
The last ability of Keeper of Keys will affect all creatures you control that turn, even if they weren't on the battlefield or weren't creatures as the ability resolved.
If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
The last ability of Keeper of Keys checks to see if you're the monarch as your upkeep begins. If you're not, the ability won't trigger at all. You won't be able to do anything that would make you the monarch during your upkeep in time to have that ability trigger. The ability will also check to see if you're the monarch as it tries to resolve. If you're not the monarch at that time, the ability will have no effect.