Draconian Gate-Bot
Artifact Creature — Robot
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Open an Attraction. (Put the top card of your Attraction deck onto the battlefield.)
• Destroy target Attraction. (It's put into its owner's junkyard.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #15025
Draconian Gate-Bot enters the battlefield and immediately creates a Treasure token, giving you mana the same turn you play it — that's a real on-board return for a three-mana artifact. The catch is four restrictions stapled to the card, which is why you almost never see it outside The Most Dangerous Gamer lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | banned |
| pauper | banned |
| oathbreaker | banned |
Draconian Gate-Bot is banned in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and not legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard — Commander is the only place you can legally sleeve it up. The card carries four gameplay restrictions that gatekeep its effects, and those restrictions are apparently still not enough for formats with robust card pools and faster clocks. Commander gets a pass because the singleton rule, 40 life, and four-player politics dilute the impact of any single artifact enough that the restrictions become a manageable design tax rather than a game-warping constraint.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Most Dangerous Gamer
The Most Dangerous Gamer appears in over 57% of Draconian Gate-Bot lists because the commander's hunt mechanic keys off artifacts entering and generating resources, and Gate-Bot's Treasure production feeds directly into that engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Draconian Gate-Bot is deep bulk — you're picking this up out of a commons box or grabbing a playset for less than a dollar without a second thought. Bulk Commander staples in niche archetypes rarely appreciate unless the commander that drives demand spikes hard, so treat this as a cheap include, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.