March from the Black Gate
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #545 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.76 USD
When this enchantment enters and whenever an Army you control attacks, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
March from the Black Gate has 2 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #5,184 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (17,537 on EDHREC). It has 7 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run March from the Black Gate most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 17,537 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 4,618 decks
- The Great Goblin: 3,102 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 777 decks
- Shagrat, Loot Bearer: 572 decks
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain: 549 decks
- Zurgo Helmsmasher: 347 decks
- Uglúk of the White Hand: 253 decks
Often played with March from the Black Gate
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
- : Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
- : To amass Orcs N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Orcs, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
- : Some spells and abilities that amass Orcs may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't amass Orcs.
- : Amass Zombies works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.