Decent (if inconsistent) T2 ramp in limited, while also being a Goblin Piker - value! Has the potential to go explosive with Verdant Haven as well. Today I got to live the dream of
Turn 1: Guildgate
Turn 2: Land, Greenside Watcher
Turn 3: Land, Verdant Haven on guildgate
Turn 4: Gruul Ragebeast
Theoretically, you could untap the guildgate on turn 3, play another Watcher, then play a 9-drop on turn 4.
Posted By:
Steinhauser
(2/9/2013 4:25:31 PM)
This guy is rated way too low. He's awesome in Limited, he did tons of work for me at the prerelease. :)
Posted By:
nopemx6
(1/28/2013 11:55:19 AM)
Not bad. Allows for multi-color Arbor Elfing without the need of $20 shocklands.
Posted By:
ThisisSakon
(1/22/2013 3:48:11 PM)
I want to draft seven Crackling Perimeters, five of these and four Urban Burgeoning.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(1/22/2013 3:57:17 PM)
Definitely not the best of the new gate-interaction cards, but this allows for access to a color on a gate that entered the battlefield on the current term.
Posted By:
Purplerooster
(1/23/2013 4:34:47 PM)
Mana-fixing GOD in limited. Absolutely no worthwhile applications in constructed ever. Torn, but it let me cast Aurelia a turn early at the prerelease, which won me the match, so I'm giving it a 4/5.
Posted By:
James_Kernaghan
(1/29/2013 2:26:51 AM)
This is getting me excited for a "super-gate" in Dragon's Maze.
Posted By:
brickwork
(1/22/2013 9:11:39 PM)
The only way the gates will be avenged is if Dragon's Maze they make the card:
Land-Gate
"
, Add 1 mana to your mana pool for each gate you control"
EDIT: Well apparently they are making Guildgates the new basic lands for Dragon's Maze. That's acceptable enough for me.
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(1/28/2013 3:54:03 PM)
Awful.
Gates really needed a strong push to be significant, even in limited. They instead got a crapload of mediocrity. Bummer.
Posted By:
LordOfTheFlies87
(1/24/2013 7:41:48 AM)
Couldn't this at least be 2/2. Gate untapping is far less relevant in limited than arbor elf's ability and there's no other format where gates are played. This guy battling for that elusive 23rd card spot.
Posted By:
Antny517
(2/1/2013 2:01:51 PM)