Golgari Guildgate
Land — Gate
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #1483
Golgari Guildgate enters tapped, which is a real cost — but in any deck where the gate type matters, that cost disappears entirely. Nine-Fingers Keene treats it as a win condition, not a land slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene cares about gates specifically, and Golgari Guildgate is one of the ten it wants in play — nearly every Keene deck runs it because gates aren't flavor here, they're the engine.
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic turns off the enter-tapped drawback entirely while it's on the battlefield face-down, making Golgari Guildgate a free dual in that shell.
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar scales off the number of Elves and Forests in the graveyard, and Golgari Guildgate is a budget dual that keeps the mana base consistent without competing for the elf slots.
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Slimefoot, the Stowaway runs a tight Golgari budget shell, and Golgari Guildgate is simply the cheapest way to reliably produce both colors.
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord demands black and green on curve, and Golgari Guildgate fills that role at the lowest possible price point for players not running fetchlands.
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 |
Golgari Guildgate is legal everywhere but sees real play only in Commander and Pauper, where the bar for duals is lower and budget matters. In Commander, the enter-tapped penalty is most forgivable — the format's slower pace means a turn-two tap land rarely costs you the game. In Pauper, it competes with other common duals like Jungle Hollow, which also enters tapped but gains a life; Golgari Guildgate wins that slot only when the gate subtype is relevant. In any competitive format — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — it's a non-starter; the tapped penalty is disqualifying when the format punishes it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Golgari Guildgate is bulk — there's no meaningful floor to fall through. It will stay in this price tier indefinitely given how many printings exist, so buy it for the slot, not for any future upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nine-Fingers Keene
- Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
- Abomination of Llanowar
- Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.