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◇ Catalog #255

Gate Colossus

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#255·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Izzy

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,930 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

Affinity for Gates (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Gate you control.) This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Whenever a Gate you control enters, you may put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.

8/8

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2024-11-08wotc

Once a creature with power 3 or greater has blocked Gate Colossus, changing the power of the blocking creature won't cause Gate Colossus to become unblocked.

2024-11-08wotc

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #255 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {8} (8 converted). Keyword abilities: Affinity.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #9,930 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Izzy. Rarix catalogs 941 other cards credited to this artist.