Selesnya Guildgate
Land — Gate
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #1935
Selesnya Guildgate enters tapped, which is the entire cost — you're trading a tempo hit for a guaranteed source of both white and green. It's a filler dual that gets the job done in casual Commander but loses ground fast anywhere the pace picks up; Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor lists run it because land-count matters more than land-speed in that strategy.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor animates lands as creatures and rewards stacking land count, so Selesnya Guildgate's tapped drawback is irrelevant — it's just another land that enters the battlefield and triggers the engine.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice decks are slow, life-gain-heavy, and not looking to race anyone, which makes the enters-tapped clause on Selesnya Guildgate nearly free; it fills out the mana base without competing for a slot a better dual would occupy.
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin builds around Shrine permanents and doesn't need blinding speed, so Selesnya Guildgate slots in as painless fixing — it's one of the most common includes across that archetype precisely because the deck's curve tolerates the tempo loss.
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, Selesnya Guildgate is a floor-level option for two-color and multicolor green-white decks that have already filled their slots with better duals and still need more fixing — it works, it's just never the best card for the job. In Pauper, the Guildgate cycle is one of the only common dual land options available, which bumps Selesnya Guildgate from filler to a genuine role-player in any green-white shell. Across Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, it has no competitive application — every format that allows it also allows faster, better dual lands that render it obsolete. Standard legality depends on reprint timing, but the same logic applies: it only sees play when there's nothing better at common.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Selesnya Guildgate is bulk — you're paying for cardboard and ink, not power. It won't appreciate and it doesn't need to; pick it up if you need the fixing and spend your money elsewhere.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.