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Gateway Shade
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
GatecrashGTC · #65
- Card type
- Creature — Shade
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.33 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 0.33 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Tap an untapped Gate you control: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Ryan Yee
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2013-02-01
Flavour text
Tireless and merciless, shades are harnessed as spies by the Dimir.
Rulings
You can't tap an untapped Gate you control for mana and tap it to activate Gateway Shade's ability at the same time. You must choose one or the other.