First printed in Judgment (2002)

All 6 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2109, 2025
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #287, 2024
Commander Anthology (CMA) #152, 2017
Commander 2014 (C14) #217, 2014
World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #bk133sb, 2002
Judgment (JUD) #133, 2002

Sylvan Safekeeper

Creature — Human Wizard

Sacrifice a land: Target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

In the last 30 days 5.8% of Legacy decks played it (6 of 104). Most played in WUBG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 4.9% of Premodern decks played it (2 of 41). Most played in UBRG (unclassified).

Staple

Legacy staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#144)
Green, Creatures

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 6 of 104 decks (5.8%).

Share of decks

5.8%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

5 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

40%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUBG (unclassified)	5.8%	33%
WUG (unclassified)	4.8%	60%
BG (unclassified)	1.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Icetill Explorer	100%	13.0
Green Sun's Zenith	100%	8.7
Windswept Heath	100%	6.1
Dryad Arbor	100%	4.2
Wasteland	100%	1.9
Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot	80%	20.8
Talon Gates of Madara	80%	16.6
Bojuka Bog	80%	10.4
Karakas	80%	2.8
Knight of the Reliquary	60%	20.8

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUBG The_shallow_grave in Legacy Challenge 32	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUG Snoff, 28 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUG Pastratta, 28 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUBG The_shallow_grave, 27 Oct	3 side	#27 2-3
WUG Reeplcheep, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUBG megoavil, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0
BG Xiongye, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0

Premodern Other periods →

In 2 of 41 decks (4.9%).

Share of decks

4.9%