---
name: "Unyielding Gatekeeper"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Elephant Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Disguise"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "392"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Borja Pindado"
oracle_id: "3c8fa799-7f30-4532-8317-f37a7ab787de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unyielding-gatekeeper-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Unyielding Gatekeeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Elephant Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Disguise

## Oracle Text
Disguise {1}{W} (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, exile another target nonland permanent. If you controlled it, return it to the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, its controller creates a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forum Familiar](/printing/forum-familiar-mkm.md) — Creature — Cat
2. [Exit Specialist](/printing/exit-specialist-mkm.md) — Creature — Human Detective
3. [Sleuth Instructor](/printing/sleuth-instructor-ymkm.md) — Creature — Elephant Detective
4. [Granite Witness](/printing/granite-witness-mkm.md) — Artifact Creature — Gargoyle Detective
5. [Vengeful Creeper](/printing/vengeful-creeper-mkm.md) — Creature — Plant Elemental
6. [Essence of Antiquity](/printing/essence-of-antiquity-mkm.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #392
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Borja Pindado
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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