First printed in Mirrodin Besieged (2011)
Creature — Human Warrior
This creature can't have counters put on it.
Her warriors are the last defense against the coming storm.
4/4
- Illustrated by
- Eric Deschamps
- Watermark
- Mirran
Melira's Keepers legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- Damage from a source with infect has no effect on Melira's Keepers. No -1/-1 counters are placed on it, and no damage is marked on it. The damage is still dealt for purposes of effects that care about damage, such as lifelink.
- If a creature with a counter on it becomes a copy of Melira's Keepers, those counters will remain.
- If Melira's Keepers would enter with a counter on it, it simply enters without that counter.
- Melira's Keepers can't have any kind of counters placed on it, not just -1/-1 counters.
Prices
Paper price: €0.06 / $0.03 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 7 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 6 Nov 2026).
Combos
33 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers + Viscera Seer
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Blasting Station + Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Bloodflow Connoisseur + Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Carrion Feeder + Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Goblin Bombardment + Luminous Broodmoth + Melira's Keepers
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Melira's Keepers + Viscera Seer