Opal Lake Gatekeepers
The List DGM-16 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DGM-16
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, you may draw a card.
Sentries guard Ravnica's landmarks and outlying districts, unaware of these places' import to the maze.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Opal Lake Gatekeepers was originally released as part of the Dragon's Maze expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2013. The set was designed to complete the Return to Ravnica block, focusing on the ten two-color guilds of the plane of Ravnica. This particular card was designed as a common-rarity creature to facilitate the 'Gate' mechanic, which rewarded players for including specific utility lands in their decks, encouraging a focus on color-fixing and strategic land placement during gameplay.
The illustration for the card was crafted by artist Nils Hamm, whose work is characterized by a dreamlike, painterly quality that often emphasizes environmental atmosphere over rigid detail. In this piece, Hamm depicts the gatekeepers as ethereal guardians integrated into the architecture of the city-world, reflecting the card's function as a defensive barrier. Within the competitive community, the card is remembered for its role in limited play environments, where it helped bridge the gap between Ravnica's complex multi-color requirements and the necessity for defensive stability.
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