Cryptic Gateway
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dominaria RemasteredDMR · #376
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.59 € · ★ 0.74 € · 0.67 $ · ★ 1.27 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Tap two untapped creatures you control: You may put a creature card from your hand that shares a creature type with each creature tapped this way onto the battlefield.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- David Martin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-01-13
Flavour text
Its lock changes to fit each key.
Rulings
The two creatures you tap to activate the ability don’t necessarily have to share a creature type, but the creature card you put onto the battlefield must share a creature type with each of them. For example, you could tap an Elf Wizard and a Human Warrior to put an Elf Warrior card onto the battlefield.
You can tap any untapped creatures you control to activate Cryptic Gateway’s ability, even ones you haven’t controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
