Loxodon Gatekeeper
Ravnica: City of Guilds 25 • rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 25
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $1.25
What it does
Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.
The gatekeepers are so fastidious that even the winds must wait to pass.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Loxodon Gatekeeper was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds set, the inaugural entry in the Ravnica block for Magic: The Gathering. This set introduced the concept of guild-based gameplay, focusing on the ten distinct factions that manage the plane of Ravnica. The Gatekeeper represents the Selesnya Conclave, a guild defined by its deep spiritual connection to nature and a philosophy of collective growth, fitting the creature's functional ability to impose order and delay opponents.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, whose work often leans into moody, atmospheric depictions of fantasy creatures. In this piece, Staples emphasized the imposing physical scale of the loxodon, an elephantine humanoid race, to reinforce its role as a sturdy defensive wall. The design was intended to provide a clear, static deterrent in limited play formats, and it is remembered by players primarily as a functional utility card rather than a centerpiece of competitive tournament strategy.
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