Nine-Fingers Keene

one generic mana one black mana one green mana one blue mana Legendary Creature — Human RoguePower and toughness4/4

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.

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Nine-Fingers Keene rulings

2022-06-10
If you do not put a Gate card onto the battlefield this way but already control nine or more Gates, you will put all the cards into your hand.

Nine-Fingers Keene keyword rules

Menace Rule 702.111

Menace is an evasion ability.

A creature with menace can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures. (See rule , “Declare Blockers Step.”)

Multiple instances of menace on the same creature are redundant.

Ward Rule 702.21

Ward is a triggered ability. Ward [cost] means “Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays [cost].”

Some ward abilities include an X in their cost and state what X is equal to. This value is determined at the time the ability resolves, not locked in as the ability triggers.