Cryptic Gateway

Cryptic Gateway

Artifact

Mana cost: {5}

How we read this card

You may put a creature card from your hand that shares a creature type with each creature tapped this way onto the battlefield.

activated Tap two untapped creatures you control —

activated Tap two untapped creatures you control —

Causes: tap a creature, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Cryptic Gateway:

  1. Unctus, Grand Metatect — draws you 1 card
  2. Sharae of Numbing Depths — draws you 1 card
  3. Rewrite History — draws you 1 card
  4. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  5. Icewrought Sentry — gets +2/+1
  6. Hawkeye's Bow — deals 1 damage
  7. Lust for War — deals 3 damage
  8. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — triggers

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

  1. Master Pakku — When Master Pakku becomes tapped thanks to Cryptic Gateway, it mills a card

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

When Cryptic Gateway is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

When Cryptic Gateway enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

When Cryptic Gateway enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway:

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — makes a token
  2. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  3. Dual Nature — makes a token
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — grants haste
  5. Preston, the Vanisher — makes a token
  6. Angelic Sell-Sword — makes a token
  7. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  8. Saradoc, Master of Buckland — makes a token
  9. Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
  10. Radiant Solar — triggers

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

  1. Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, it draws you 2 cards
  2. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  3. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life
  4. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  5. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains you 1 life
  6. Glaring Fleshraker — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Glaring Fleshraker deals 1 damage
  7. Blasting Station — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Blasting Station untaps itself
  8. Mogg Bombers — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Mogg Bombers sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Flame-Kin War Scout sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — When a creature enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself

320 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Gateway is one).

  1. Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus — When Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, it triggers
  2. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — When Sokka, Bold Boomeranger enters thanks to Cryptic Gateway, it draws and discards

42 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.