Market Gnome — Pocketed Profit

Market Gnome is a compact white artifact creature that rewards you for losing it as much as you do for keeping it on the board. Market Gnome trades presence for immediate value by granting you one life and a card when it dies. In draft or limited decks from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, that exchange is tidy and repeatable, making the gnome a dependable filler in low curve builds and a steady answer to removal-based attrition.

Its second ability interacts with craft activations, a mechanical nod to the set lore where merchants and inventors funnel items through hidden caverns. Exiling Market Gnome while activating a craft ability also yields one life and a card, which opens room for synergies with sacrifice outlets and exile triggers. Play it where card advantage matters more than raw stats and you will find the 0 3 body protects your life buffer long enough to convert a single small creature into steady resource gain.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {W}
• Card Type – Artifact Creature
• Subtypes – Gnome
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Market Gnome dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card. When Market Gnome is exiled from the battlefield while you are activating a craft ability, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
• Power / Toughness – 0/3