Black Dragon Gate
Land — Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than black.
: Add 
or one mana of the chosen color.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #2343
Black Dragon Gate enters tapped and produces two colors — the tax is steep for a land that does nothing the turn you play it. Nine-Fingers Keene decks run it without hesitation because the Gate subtype is the whole point, but outside dedicated Gate synergy builds, a dual that enters untapped does the job better.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene triggers off each Gate you play and rewards stacking as many as possible, so Black Dragon Gate is an auto-include — 98% of Keene lists run it for exactly that reason.
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic turns off the enters-tapped downside entirely when it's face-down, which transforms Black Dragon Gate from a tempo loss into a clean two-color fixer for a shell that already wants to abuse that mechanic.
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin runs a five-color manabase that needs every dual it can find, and Black Dragon Gate's black-green fixing slots into that puzzle without asking for anything exotic.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Black Dragon Gate is a role-player rather than a staple — it's correct in Gate-matters decks and borderline everywhere else. Pauper is where it earns broader respect, since the card pool for dual lands is shallow at common and the enters-tapped cost is easier to absorb in slower games. Legacy and Vintage have access to fetchlands and dual lands that make Black Dragon Gate irrelevant outside of dedicated Gate strategies. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus: run it if your gameplan cares about the Gate type, skip it if it doesn't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Black Dragon Gate sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to demand more from your wallet regardless of demand. It's a cheap inclusion for Gate synergy decks, and at this price there's no reason to hunt for a substitute.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.