Gate to the Afterlife

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Gate to the Afterlife: Artifact, Aetherdrift Commander. Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you gain 1 life. Then you may draw a card. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
Released
2025-02-14
Collector number
130
Artist
Christine Choi
Commander rank
11,238 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Gate to the Afterlife

Gate to the Afterlife is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 130 in that set, with art by Christine Choi. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you gain 1 life. Then you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card named God-Pharaoh's Gift and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. Activate only if there are six or more creature cards in your graveyard.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Gate to the Afterlife by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Gate to the Afterlife

Gate to the Afterlife has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #AKH-228Uncommon2021
Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #271Uncommon2020
Amonkhet (AKH) #228Uncommon2017

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Gate to the Afterlife, newest first.

  • There is no card named God-Pharaoh’s Gift in this set. During the upcoming Hour of Devastation set, you may prove worthy of receiving it.
  • If Gate to the Afterlife is put into a graveyard at the same time a nontoken creature you control dies, its first ability triggers for that creature.

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In these precons

Gate to the Afterlife is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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