The Black Gate
Legendary Land — Gate
How we read this card
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Add {B}.
activated {T} — adds 1 mana
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.
activated {1}{B}, {T} — restricts what can block it
Causes: nothing.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a Gate enters the battlefield — 25 cards in the game can cause this (The Black Gate is one).
When The Black Gate enters:
- Gate Colossus — returns itself from the graveyard
- Guild Summit — draws you 1 card
- Gateway Sneak — triggers
a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (The Black Gate is one).
When The Black Gate enters:
- Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
- Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
- Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
- Emeria Shepherd — brings a card back
- Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
- Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
- Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
- Silvan Reveler — returns itself from the graveyard
- Floral Evoker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
200 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.