Izzet Guildgate
Land — Gate
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2019
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #1647
Izzet Guildgate enters tapped, which means it costs you a full turn of development every time you play it. In most Izzet builds — including Niv-Mizzet, Parun, where every land drop in the early game matters — that tempo loss outweighs the marginal convenience of a dual that costs under a quarter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Niv-Mizzet, Parun is a six-mana commander with a pip-heavy cost that demands consistent blue and red mana, and a quarter of all Niv-Mizzet, Parun decks on EDHREC include Izzet Guildgate as a budget filler piece to hit that color requirement. It gets the job done on a shoestring, but any untapped dual immediately upgrades it.
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 |
In Commander, Izzet Guildgate is a strict budget option — it fixes your blue and red mana reliably, but the enters-tapped penalty means you should replace it the moment a better dual is in reach. In competitive or powered metas, it has no place; Shivan Reef and Steam Vents are the baseline. In Pauper, where the card pool restricts options, Izzet Guildgate is a legitimate inclusion since most untapped Izzet duals aren't commons. Across constructed formats like Pioneer and Modern, it never sees play — the format speed makes any tapped land a liability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Izzet Guildgate is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for a sleeve. It holds no financial interest, but as a pure accessibility piece for players who need color fixing without spending anything, it does exactly what it costs.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.