Cemetery Gatekeeper
Innistrad: Crimson Vow 304 • mythic
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Collector number
- 304
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Livia Prima
- Market price
- $3.21
What it does
First strike
When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard.
Whenever a player plays a land or casts a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cemetery Gatekeeper was released in 2021 as part of the Innistrad: Crimson Vow set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The card draws heavily from the gothic horror aesthetic central to the Innistrad plane, a setting that emphasizes tropes like vampires, werewolves, and funeral rites. Mechanically, it was designed to interact with the graveyard-centric playstyle common in the set, reflecting the role of a guardian presiding over the restless dead.
The card was illustrated by Wisnu Tan, who utilized a dark, atmospheric palette to convey the stoic and somewhat sinister nature of the creature. The design focuses on the sentinel aspect of the character, reinforcing its role as a gatekeeper who imposes a tax or penalty on players attempting to utilize the cards within their own graveyards. It was received by the player base as a solid utility creature, frequently utilized in sideboards for competitive formats to disrupt graveyard-reliant strategies.
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