---
name: "Elvish Vatkeeper"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Elf"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Incubate", "Transform", "Double"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "223"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "b881d61c-d7cf-49af-bed7-3bc657ea1208"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elvish-vatkeeper-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elvish Vatkeeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Elf
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Incubate, Transform, Double

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
{5}: Transform target Incubator token you control. Double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Compleated Huntmaster](/printing/compleated-huntmaster-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Elf Warrior
2. [Converter Beast](/printing/converter-beast-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast
3. [Progenitor Exarch](/printing/progenitor-exarch-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cat Cleric
4. [Norn's Inquisitor](/printing/norns-inquisitor-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Knight
5. [Incubation Triformer](/printing/incubation-triformer-unk.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
6. [Furnace Gremlin](/printing/furnace-gremlin-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Gremlin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #223
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`