The Black Gate
Legendary Land - Gate
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Details
- Artist: John Jude Palencar
- Collector Number: 87
- Available foil and nonfoil
- Frame Effects: legendary
- Promo: universesbeyond
- Rarity: mythic
- Released: 2026-08-14
- Set: The Hobbit Eternal
- Stamp: oval
Legalities
- legal Commander
- legal Duel Commander
- legal Historic
- legal Legacy
- legal Vintage
Rulings
- 2023-06-16 The chosen player needs only to have the most life or tied for most life as The Black Gate's last ability resolves. After the ability resolves, any changes in life total won't affect which creatures can block or be blocked that turn.
- 2023-06-16 The creature that was targeted by The Black Gate's last ability can't be blocked by any creature the chosen player controls, including creatures that weren't on the battlefield when The Black Gate's ability resolved.
Printings
Foreign names
- 黑门
- Das Schwarze Tor
- La Porte Noire
- Il Cancello Nero
- 黒門
- O Portão Negro
- La Puerta Negra