Abyssal Gatekeeper
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
When this creature dies, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2004-10-04
The "sacrifice a creature" effect is not targeted. It can affect creatures with protection from black, for example.
- 2008-04-01
The player whose turn it is chooses a creature to sacrifice, then each other player in turn order chooses a creature to sacrifice, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Abyssal Gatekeeper, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
Abyssal Gatekeeper price history
The Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic #31 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.39 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $1.39 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $1.43 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.39 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Abyssal Gatekeeper
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic
- Normal
- $1.39
Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
- Normal
- $0.81
Weatherlight
- Normal
- $0.28
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Abyssal Gatekeeper. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
