First printed in Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023)

All 5 prints

The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #47, 2026
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #87, 2026
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #490, 2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #160, 2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #80, 2023

The Black Gate

Legendary Land — Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
tap : Add Black .
1 generic Black , 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.

In the last 30 days 0.5% of Commander decks played it (32 of 6150). Most played in Rowan, Scion of War.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 32 of 6150 decks (0.5%).

Share of decks

0.5%

▼ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

32 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

29%

8 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Rowan, Scion of War	0.7%	71%
Squall, SeeD Mercenary	0.0%	67%
Ozai, the Phoenix King	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Dark Ritual	100%	2.5
Vampiric Tutor	100%	2.1
Mana Vault	100%	1.2
Chrome Mox	100%	1.1
Lotus Petal	100%	1.1
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Starting Town	97%	2.4
Demonic Tutor	97%	2.1
Bloodstained Mire	97%	1.9
Mana Confluence	97%	1.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Rowan, Scion of War Samuele Serra in Monkeys for charity - European cEDH Championship Qualifier	3-3 50%
Rowan, Scion of War Joseph Key [LTB] in Commander Invitational Qualifier - Gamer Geeks	2-3 40%
Rowan, Scion of War Danny Hibbard in Tabletop Tavern \| Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026	2-4 33%
Rowan, Scion of War Jordan Pier in BATTLE BY THE BAY 28 - CEDH - Green Bay, WI USA	1-4 20%
Rowan, Scion of War Justin Collazo in The CEDH Witching Hour	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Rowan, Scion of War Israel Suzuki, 25 Oct	1 main	#21 0-3
Rowan, Scion of War Jordan Pier, 25 Oct	1 main	#40 1-4
Rowan, Scion of War Max Winkelmann, 25 Oct	1 main	#24 0-2
Rowan, Scion of War Mike Patriarca, 24 Oct	1 main	#5 2-2
Rowan, Scion of War Chris Mon, 24 Oct	1 main	#30 1-3
Rowan, Scion of War Daniel Bodamer, 24 Oct	1 main	#41 0-3
Squall, SeeD Mercenary John L. (Boo boo), 24 Oct	1 main	#54 0-3
Rowan, Scion of War Jiří Stibor, 24 Oct	1 main	#18 1-2

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.