---
name: "Nervous Gardener"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Dryad"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Disguise"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "169"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Borja Pindado"
oracle_id: "15dca6a7-8367-4b86-a86c-e44f10fb3c53"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nervous-gardener-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nervous Gardener
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Dryad
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Disguise

## Oracle Text
Disguise {G} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, search your library for a land card with a basic land type, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vengeful Creeper](/printing/vengeful-creeper-mkm.md) — Creature — Plant Elemental
2. [Flourishing Bloom-Kin](/printing/flourishing-bloom-kin-mkm.md) — Creature — Plant Elemental
3. [Unyielding Gatekeeper](/printing/unyielding-gatekeeper-mkm.md) — Creature — Elephant Cleric
4. [Culvert Ambusher](/printing/culvert-ambusher-mkm.md) — Creature — Wurm Horror
5. [Lumbering Laundry](/printing/lumbering-laundry-mkm.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Faerie Snoop](/printing/faerie-snoop-mkm.md) — Creature — Faerie Detective

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #169
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Borja Pindado
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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