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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. All gating cards printed are multicolored. Gating cards were introduced in [[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. All gating cards printed are [[multicolored]]. Gating cards were introduced in [[Planeshift]]. Gating is ''not'' an [[ability]] or a [[keyword]]. | ||
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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. | The most powerful of these is the Shivan Wurm, a 7/7 [[trample|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. | ||
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Revision as of 16:14, 26 January 2008
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. All gating cards printed are multicolored. 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.
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