Gond Gate
Land — Gate
Gates you control enter untapped.
: Add 
.: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $1.22
- EDHREC rank
- #2445
Gond Gate enters tapped but immediately makes every Gate you control tap for an extra mana — a static effect that compounds across an entire Gates package rather than paying off once. In Nine-Fingers Keene decks, it's close to a mandatory inclusion: the mana acceleration turns a synergy-driven pile into something that actually outruns the table.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nine-Fingers Keene
Nine-Fingers Keene is a Gates commander by design, and Gond Gate is one of the highest-impact pieces in that shell — the bonus mana on every Gate effectively subsidizes the cost of cycling through Keene's ability turn after turn.
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic cares about permanents entering tapped, so Gond Gate pulling double duty as a Gate-type land that enters tapped fits cleanly into the deck's trigger economy while also accelerating the mana base.
Omo, Queen of Vesuva
Omo, Queen of Vesuva builds around land subtypes, and Gond Gate's Gate subtype means it plays well alongside the rest of the synergy package while providing the kind of incremental mana advantage a multicolor pile needs.
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin runs a dense enchantment package, and Gond Gate slots in as a land that supports the heavy color requirements without costing a deck slot — the mana bump is a secondary upside in a shell that mostly wants fixing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gond Gate is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — specifically any deck built around the Gate subtype. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically castable but the Gates payoff engine doesn't exist there at a competitive level, so it sees no play. In Oathbreaker it could appear in a Gates-focused build, but the format's smaller deck size makes a dedicated Gates package harder to assemble. Commander is the only context where Gond Gate is doing anything meaningful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.22 cheap tier
At $1.22, Gond Gate sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's an easy include in any Gates deck without a second thought. It's a build-around staple with a narrow home, so the price is stable rather than poised to move in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.