The Black Gate
The Hobbit Eternal 47 • mythic
- Set
- The Hobbit Eternal
- Collector number
- 47
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Jude Palencar
- Market price
- $12.97
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, numbered 47 in The Hobbit Eternal set, was produced as part of a collectible card series inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. The set was designed to capture the atmospheric tension of Middle-earth, with this particular card focusing on the foreboding entrance to Mordor. It serves as a visual representation of the bleak, militaristic architecture associated with the dark realm, meant to evoke the oppressive sense of finality and danger that the characters face as they approach the shadow of the Dark Lord.
The illustration for this card draws heavily from the established aesthetic of cinematic and literary fantasy adaptations. It was crafted by artists aiming to balance the harsh, industrial brutality of the Black Gate with the vast, desolate landscape of the surrounding slag heaps. Upon its release, the card was well-received by fans of the series for its moody composition and its role as a key narrative marker in the game's broader mechanical depiction of the journey toward Mount Doom.
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