Saruli Gatekeepers
Creature — Elf Warrior
When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 7 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21796
Saruli Gatekeepers is a 2/5 for four mana that gains you 7 life if you control two or more Gates — a conditional payoff that's simply too slow and too narrow to earn a slot in competitive lists. Unless you're running a dedicated Gates deck, this is bulk filler.
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 |
Saruli Gatekeepers sees virtually no play outside Gate-tribal Commander builds, where the 7-life trigger is at least guaranteed. In Pauper, the Gates archetype is real, but life gain without board impact doesn't close games against aggressive decks. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the card is legal but irrelevant — four mana for a 2/5 with a conditional life gain trigger doesn't compete. Commander is the only format where Saruli Gatekeepers earns a slot, and even there it's only correct in dedicated Gates shells like Maze's End strategies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Saruli Gatekeepers is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common box, not a singles page. The price won't move; demand is too narrow and supply too deep for any meaningful change.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.