Cryptic Gateway
Artifact
ONSOnslaught#306rare
Foil
Its lock changes to fit each key.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 1997
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 7700
- Illustrator
- David Martin
- Found in
- Onslaught Theme Deck Devastation · Onslaught MTGO Redemption · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.
Market · per finishspark updated 12h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-0.6%
$1.76
$1.00 low$0.48 gap
Foil+0.0%
$33.50
$29.99 low$14.99 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$1.76as of 2026-07-12
-0.6%
H $2.67L $1.49since Feb 2024$1.00
$0.52
$0.48+48% · normal spread
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Foil
$33.50as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $49.97L $21.35since Feb 2024$29.99
$15.00
$14.99+50% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.76· across 3 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Dec 8, 2022 · one tap opens all
- WotCDec 8, 2022
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.
- WotCDec 8, 2022
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.