MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #8

Gatekeeper of Malakir

ddk·#8·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Karl Kopinski

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wishlisted

Mar '13

13 yr ago

Value

$0.21+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.22 · low $0.20

NM$0.21

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.19–$0.22modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.48low $0.04range 1100.0%n 47

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,542 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.21

Gameplay

Creature — Vampire Warrior

Kicker {B} (You may pay an additional {B} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

"You may enter the city—once the toll is paid."

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2024-11-08wotc

If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

2024-11-08wotc

The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

2024-11-08wotc

If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

2024-11-08

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.21. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.48 across 47 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DDK — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #8 of *Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2013 Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt release.

Card type: Creature — Vampire Warrior, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {B}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Kicker.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,542 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Karl Kopinski. Rarix catalogs 804 other cards credited to this artist.