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Cryptic Gateway

Card Name

Cryptic Gateway

Mana Cost

5

Type

Artifact

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Tap two untapped creatures you control: You may put a creature card from your hand into play that shares a creature type with each creature tapped this way.

Flavor Text

Its lock changes to fit each key.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(12/8/2022)
The two creatures you tap to activate the ability don't necessarily have to share a creature type, but the creature card you put onto the battlefield must share a creature type with each of them. For example, you could tap an Elf Wizard and a Human Warrior to put an Elf Warrior card onto the battlefield.
(12/8/2022)
You can tap any untapped creatures you control to activate Cryptic Gateway's ability, even ones you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.