Hero card

Cantankerous Keepers

Creature - Elf Soldier

PayoffThe more of what it needs is on the battlefield, the stronger it gets: the deck has to feed it a lot

Needs: Big Mana, Elf

Gives: Mill, Graveyard, ETB

Not in winning lists yet: read from the card text and the graph

Build a deck with Cantankerous Keepers as the hero

Makes it work

Trystan, Callous Cultivator · Thranduil, the Elvenking · Maralen, Fae Ascendant · Gloom Ripper · Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist · Safewright Cavalry · Dawnhand Eulogist · Lys Alana Dignitary

Benefits from it

The Water Crystal

Use instead if you don't have it

Wick's Patrol · Affectionate Indrik · Quakestrider Ceratops · Dusyut Earthcarver · Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion · Lashwhip Predator

Cards in the meta that answer it

Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Get Lost (Azorius Control) · Jeskai Revelation (4-Color Control) · Inevitable Defeat (4-Color Control)