Unyielding Gatekeeper
Creature — Elephant Cleric
Disguise 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward 
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, exile another target nonland permanent. If you controlled it, return it to the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, its controller creates a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #14988
Unyielding Gatekeeper locks down a creature every turn it connects, and Kaust, Eyes of the Glade turns that repeated tap trigger into a card-advantage engine that snowballs fast. Two mana for a body that taxes combat and fuels draws is a clean deal — run it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade rewards you whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, so Unyielding Gatekeeper's forced-tap attack trigger fires the draw engine on demand, every combat, without spending a resource.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Unyielding Gatekeeper is a Commander card first — the repeated tap effect is too slow for the stack-based attrition of Legacy or the race dynamics of Modern, where a two-mana 2/1 with a combat-dependent ability doesn't clear the bar. In Standard and Pioneer it's serviceable in tempo shells but faces stiff competition from creatures that affect the board immediately. Commander is where it lives: multiplayer tables extend games long enough to cash in the tap trigger repeatedly, and in Kaust, Eyes of the Glade specifically, every swing converts directly into cards.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Unyielding Gatekeeper is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Bulk rares in Commander-specific niches rarely climb unless the commander spiking around them drags them up, so don't expect movement, but there's no reason not to pick up copies at this price.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.