Gate to the Afterlife
The List AKH-228 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- AKH-228
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Christine Choi
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you gain 1 life. Then you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
2 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card named God-Pharaoh's Gift and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. Activate only if there are six or more creature cards in your graveyard.
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
Gate to the Afterlife was originally released in the 2017 Magic: The Gathering expansion Amonkhet. Designed to function as a key synergy piece for graveyard-focused strategies, the card invites players to capitalize on creature deaths to manipulate their library and eventually tutor for powerful endgame artifacts. Its aesthetic, deeply rooted in the Egyptian-inspired lore of the Amonkhet plane, utilizes rich, sandy tones and architectural motifs that evoke a sense of ancient, ritualistic transition.
The card was illustrated by Titus Lunter, whose work often emphasizes atmosphere and scale. Lunter intended for the artwork to feel imposing and divine, capturing the transition from the physical realm into the afterlife, which serves as a central plot point in the set’s narrative. While it arrived during a competitive era where graveyard interactions were heavily scrutinized, the card found a lasting home among thematic deck builders who appreciate its mechanical utility and its striking visual representation of the set’s core afterlife mythos.
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