Azorius Guildgate
Land — Gate
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #1977
Azorius Guildgate enters tapped, which is the whole problem — in a format where turn-one and turn-two plays define tempo, a land that costs you a full step is a real price. It's fine in slower, synergy-focused shells like Ranar the Ever-Watchful where the gate subtype or sheer white-blue fixing matters more than speed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Ranar the Ever-Watchful runs Azorius Guildgate primarily as reliable white-blue fixing in a deck that already expects to operate at a deliberate pace, where a tapped land on turn two rarely derails the foretell and flicker sequencing that powers the engine.
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin includes Azorius Guildgate because Shrine-based decks lean hard on having every color available and can tolerate enters-tapped lands given how late the gameplan comes online anyway.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Azorius Guildgate is legal across every major format, but outside Commander it's essentially invisible — in Pauper, where it's most plausible, faster dual options like Sejiri Refuge or even basic Islands usually win out on tempo. Commander is the card's real home, and even there it sits at the budget floor: acceptable in a casual or low-powered build that needs consistent white-blue fixing and can't afford better duals, but a card to upgrade once the manabase becomes a priority. The enters-tapped clause means it's always competing against Glacial Fortress, Port Town, and a dozen other options that do the same fixing job without the tempo hit.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Azorius Guildgate is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping more than the card itself. That price is stable and going nowhere; supply is enormous from multiple reprints, so there's no meaningful floor below where it already sits.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.