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Talon Gates of Madara

Land — Gate

When this land enters, up to one target creature phases out.
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.
{4}: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield.

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Modern Horizons 3 Commander
Price
$16.64
EDHREC rank
#590
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Talon Gates of Madara card art
Talon Gates of Madara phases out any nonland permanent until your next turn — a politically flexible answer to threats, combo pieces, or your own stuff when timing matters. The cost is real: you're spending a land drop on a colorless utility land that produces no mana, so it only earns its slot in decks built to abuse the phase-out trigger, most famously alongside Oboro Breezecaller loops in Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Thrasios, Triton HeroYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

72.9% of decks · synergy 0.70

Talon Gates of Madara is a core engine piece in Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful lists because bouncing and replaying Talon Gates generates the land-drop triggers that Oboro Breezecaller loops feed on, ultimately fueling infinite mana through Thrasios.

02
Omo, Queen of Vesuva

Omo, Queen of Vesuva

73.7% of decks · synergy 0.67

Omo, Queen of Vesuva cares about land types and counter manipulation, and Talon Gates of Madara slots in as a non-mana utility land that supports the bounce-land and enters-the-battlefield synergies those decks run at high density.

03
Nine-Fingers Keene

Nine-Fingers Keene

65.3% of decks · synergy 0.61

Nine-Fingers Keene builds around Gates, and Talon Gates of Madara is one of the few Gates with a meaningful activated ability — phasing out a blocker or a problematic permanent the turn before Keene swings is a direct combat advantage.

04
Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThrasios, Triton Hero

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.42

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero shares the same Thrasios engine as the top slot, so Talon Gates of Madara serves the same infinite-mana loop role here — the inclusion rate drops because these lists are more tightly optimized and sometimes cut it for speed.

05
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.39

Lumra, Bellow of the Woods triggers on lands entering the battlefield, so Talon Gates of Madara being bounced and replayed repeatedly translates directly into Lumra triggers and the card-draw or mill payoffs those decks are after.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Talon Gates of Madara is a Commander card in practice — the phase-out ability is too slow and too narrow to compete in Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but irrelevant. In Commander, it occupies a precise niche: dedicated combo decks that need a Gate for Nine-Fingers Keene, or lands-matter loops in Simic shells that can bounce and replay it for value. Outside those two use cases, the opportunity cost of a non-mana land is hard to justify in a 40-life format that still rewards tempo. Oathbreaker is legal but the format's compressed game length makes a tap-to-phase ability even harder to sequence profitably.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There is no true budget replacement for Talon Gates of Madara when it's serving as a Gate for Nine-Fingers Keene — the Gate type is the point. In loops that want a bounceable, enters-the-battlefield land without caring about the Gate subtype, Mystic Sanctuary or Simic Growth Chamber give you more functional value per land drop, though neither replicates the phase-out effect.

Price Context

Current price

$16.64 mid tier

At $16.64, Talon Gates of Madara sits in mid-tier pricing for a utility land with a narrow but genuine combo application. It holds value as long as Nine-Fingers Keene and Thrasios loops remain popular, but a reprint in any Commander precon would push the price down quickly given how format-specific the demand is.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.