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◇ Catalog #37853

Gatekeeper of Malakir

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#37853·uncommon·foil

Illus. Jason Felix

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jan '13

13 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,542 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.05

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil 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 #37853 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the January 2013 Magic Online 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 Jason Felix. Rarix catalogs 558 other cards credited to this artist.