Pit Keeper

Description

Released in 2006, the Pit Keeper card (number 123) is a staple of the Magic: The Gathering Time Spiral expansion. This Common creature card features a 2/1 Human Wizard with a mana cost of one black mana and one generic mana. The card’s text box details a triggered ability that activates upon entering the battlefield: if the controller has four or more creature cards in their graveyard, they may return a target creature card from that graveyard to their hand. This mechanic allows for strategic card advantage by leveraging resources already spent in the graveyard. The Pit Keeper is designed to interact with decks that utilize graveyard strategies or recursion effects. Collectors often seek this card for its role in the Time Spiral block’s complex rules interactions and its representation of the set's return-to-the-past theme. The card was illustrated by Anthony S. Waters, whose art complements the dark, necromantic aesthetic of the Time Spiral era. For enthusiasts of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, Pit Keeper remains a notable piece of the 2006 Time Spiral catalog, valued for its specific gameplay utility and historical context within the set's design.