Cryptic Gateway
- Mana cost
- {5}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Onslaught #306 (rare)
- Price
- $1.67 USD
Tap two untapped creatures you control: You may put a creature card from your hand that shares a creature type with each creature tapped this way onto the battlefield.
Cryptic Gateway has 3 printings, first in Onslaught (2002). EDHREC ranks it #8,445 among Commander cards. It appears most in Pantlaza, Sun-Favored decks (2,870 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Cryptic Gateway most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Pantlaza, Sun-Favored: 2,870 decks
- Ohabi Caleria: 314 decks
- Masako the Humorless: 36 decks
- Kangee, Aerie Keeper: 35 decks
- Iname, Life Aspect: 15 decks
- Arni, Humble Scribe: 12 decks
- Thanos, Death's Consort: 3 decks
- Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior: 3 decks
Often played with Cryptic Gateway
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.