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'''Gating''' is a term that refers to cards that require you to return a creature that shares a color with it to your hand when it comes into play in exchange for a lower casting cost.  Gating cards were introduced in [[Planeshift (set)|Planeshift]]. Gating is ''not'' an [[ability]] or a [[keyword]].
'''Gating''' is a term that refers to cards that require you to return a creature that shares a color with it to your hand when it comes into play in exchange for a lower casting cost.  Gating cards were introduced in [[Planeshift]]. Gating is ''not'' an [[ability]] or a [[keyword]].


List of Gating cards:
List of Gating cards:

Revision as of 02:57, 28 November 2007

Gating is a term that refers to cards that require you to return a creature that shares a color with it to your hand when it comes into play in exchange for a lower casting cost. Gating cards were introduced in Planeshift. Gating is not an ability or a keyword.

List of Gating cards:

The most powerful of these is the Shivan Wurm, a 7/7 trampler which could be cast third turn in a green deck with mana-producing creatures. Meanwhile, Fleetfoot Panther's gating cost can actually be a boon, as its flash ability can save a creature already in play from destruction.