Riddle Gate Gargoyle
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
Flying
When this creature enters, you get 
(three energy counters).
Whenever you attack, you may pay . When you do, target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #10671
Riddle Gate Gargoyle lands as a 4/3 flyer that draws you a card when it enters — relevant stats and immediate value stapled together. Satya, Aetherflux Genius copies it repeatedly, turning each token trigger into another card, which is the cleanest argument for running it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Satya, Aetherflux Genius
Satya, Aetherflux Genius creates tapped-and-attacking token copies of creatures, and Riddle Gate Gargoyle turns every one of those triggers into a free draw — the enter-the-battlefield effect stacks as fast as Satya's engine runs.
Liberty Prime, Recharged
Liberty Prime, Recharged cares about artifacts entering the battlefield, and Riddle Gate Gargoyle is an artifact creature that replaces itself on entry — it slots cleanly into the value loop Liberty Prime, Recharged is already assembling.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Riddle Gate Gargoyle earns its slot in artifact-matters and blink shells where a 4/3 flyer that draws on entry is cheap enough to recur without feeling wasteful. Pauper is where it has the most competitive footing — evasive bodies with built-in card draw are scarce at common, and the floor on a 4/3 is high enough to matter in a format full of smaller creatures. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Riddle Gate Gargoyle is strictly outclassed by faster, cheaper options with more immediate impact, so it doesn't register in those formats at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Riddle Gate Gargoyle is pure bulk — pick it up in any common lot without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so treat it as a cheap role-player and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Satya, Aetherflux Genius
- Liberty Prime, Recharged
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.