The Black Gate
The Hobbit Eternal 87 • mythic
- Set
- The Hobbit Eternal
- Collector number
- 87
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Jude Palencar
- Finish
- Surge
- Market price
- $51.80
What it does
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
tap: Add black mana.
1 generic mana black mana, tap: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Black Gate card was released as part of The Hobbit Eternal expansion, a set designed to encapsulate the broader reach of Middle-earth lore beyond the initial narrative of the books. As a mythic rarity land card, it was crafted to serve as a high-impact centerpiece for deck building, providing strategic utility that mirrors the imposing, strategic significance of the Morannon itself within J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
The artwork was commissioned from John Jude Palencar, an artist renowned for his surreal and atmospheric style often found in fantasy literature covers. Palencar’s approach for this piece emphasized the sheer, suffocating scale of the gate and the bleakness of the surrounding landscape, aiming to evoke a sense of finality and foreboding. Upon release, the illustration was widely praised by the community for its textural detail and its successful departure from more conventional fantasy depictions of fortification.
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