---
name: "Encampment Keeper"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Dog"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "11"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Craig J Spearing"
oracle_id: "86f2890d-3e5a-48db-bb22-a6cb8cbd39ce"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/encampment-keeper-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Encampment Keeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Dog
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
{7}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

> *Les audacieux paladins de l'ordre des Quêteurs de sanctuaire s'aventurent dans les terres sauvages accompagnés de dogues monstrueux.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Patrol Hound](/printing/patrol-hound-ody.md) — Creature — Dog
2. [Warclamp Mastiff](/printing/warclamp-mastiff-m13.md) — Creature — Dog
3. [Ainok Bond-Kin](/printing/ainok-bond-kin-j21.md) — Creature — Dog Soldier
4. [Pack Leader](/printing/pack-leader-m21.md) — Creature — Dog
5. [Heart Wolf](/printing/heart-wolf-hml.md) — Creature — Wolf
6. [Supply Runners](/printing/supply-runners-plst.md) — Creature — Dog

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #11
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Craig J Spearing
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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