Abyssal Gatekeeper
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Duel Decks: Divine vs. DemonicDDC · #31
- Card type
- Creature — Horror
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.50 € · 0.81 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Mark Tedin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-04-10
Flavour text
"There are two ways for me to pass this gate. One involves you remaining conscious." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*
Rulings
The "sacrifice a creature" effect is not targeted. It can affect creatures with protection from black, for example.
The player whose turn it is chooses a creature to sacrifice, then each other player in turn order chooses a creature to sacrifice, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
