Gatecreeper Vine
Creature — Plant
Defender
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #5513
Gatecreeper Vine fetches any Gate or basic land from your library to hand — a tutor stapled to a 0/2 defender for two mana. In Nine-Fingers Keene decks, where hitting the right Gate on curve is the difference between a live hand and a dead one, that consistency is worth every slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene demands specific Gates to trigger its draw-and-buff engine, and Gatecreeper Vine is the cheapest reliable way to find whichever one is missing — it closes the gap between 'I have Gates' and 'I have the right Gates.'
Arcades, the Strategist
Gatecreeper Vine pulls double duty in Arcades, the Strategist decks: it's a defender that replaces itself with a land, and Arcades turns that 0/2 body into a source of card draw the moment it hits the battlefield.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gatecreeper Vine is a role-player in Gate-matters decks and a passable budget option in any Arcades, the Strategist list that wants defender-density over raw power. Pauper is where the card sees its most competitive daylight — Gate-based ramp shells use it as a fixing piece that doubles as a body. In Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, Gatecreeper Vine is too slow and too low-impact to make rosters outside of fringe tribal brews; two mana to fetch a land to hand is nowhere near competitive speed in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Gatecreeper Vine is pure bulk — you're picking it up as throw-in rather than a deliberate purchase. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but they also don't need to; if you want it, just grab a copy and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nine-Fingers Keene
- Arcades, the Strategist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.