---
name: "Nine-Fingers Keene"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Rogue"
colors: ["B", "G", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "G", "U"]
keywords: ["Menace", "Ward"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "289"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "e06007cf-dc6e-4b50-93d5-9a7c8ee9c023"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nine-fingers-keene-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nine-Fingers Keene
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Menace, Ward

## Oracle Text
Menace
Ward—Pay 9 life.
Whenever Nine-Fingers Keene deals combat damage to a player, look at the top nine cards of your library. You may put a Gate card from among them onto the battlefield. Then if you control nine or more Gates, put the rest into your hand. Otherwise, put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Opal Lake Gatekeepers](/printing/opal-lake-gatekeepers-plst.md) — Creature — Vedalken Soldier
2. [Smelt-Ward Gatekeepers](/printing/smelt-ward-gatekeepers-dgm.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Gateway Sneak](/printing/gateway-sneak-fdn.md) — Creature — Vedalken Rogue
4. [Saruli Gatekeepers](/printing/saruli-gatekeepers-dgm.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
5. [Freestrider Lookout](/printing/freestrider-lookout-potj.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Loot, the Key to Everything](/printing/loot-the-key-to-everything-big.md) — Legendary Creature — Beast Noble

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #289
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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