Demon of Death's Gate
Creature — Demon
PLSTThe List#M11-92mythic
The locks on the cages of the damned are opened with keys of marrow, sinew, and blood.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 1168–1216
- Illustrator
- Vance Kovacs
- Found in
- Commander Legends Battle for Baldurs Gate Set Booster Pack · March of the Machine Sleeved Set Booster Pack · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
You may pay 6 life and sacrifice three black creatures rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying, trample
9/9FlyingTrample
Plays as: Cost Alternative · Life Outlet
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-4.6%
$5.00
$2.00 low$0.20 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$5.00as of 2026-07-12
-4.6%
H $6.02L $2.11since Feb 2024$2.00
$1.80
$0.20+10% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$2.53· across 3 printings
Rulings
3 · latest Aug 15, 2010 · one tap opens all
- WotCAug 15, 2010
Casting Demon of Death's Gate by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value.
- WotCAug 15, 2010
Casting Demon of Death's Gate by paying its alternative cost doesn't change when you can cast it. You can cast it only at the normal time you could cast a creature spell.
- WotCAug 15, 2010
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast Demon of Death's Gate will apply to it even if you choose to pay its alternative cost.