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Molten Gatekeeper Modern Horizons 3 MTG card

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Molten Gatekeeper

ARTIFACT CREATURE — GOLEM Common
Modern Horizons 3 MH3 #128 EDHREC #1,277
$0.27
-6.9% 7 days

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Molten Gatekeeper Price Summary

Molten Gatekeeper's current headline price is $0.27.

Molten Gatekeeper Printings & Prices

1 printings

Molten Gatekeeper has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

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Molten Gatekeeper Rules Text & Legality

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Artifact Creature — Golem — mana cost {2}{R}

Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Unearth {R} ({R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Molten Gatekeeper is legal in Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper, and not legal in Standard and Pioneer.

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Not legal
pioneer
Not legal

Molten Gatekeeper Rulings

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  • Jun 7, 2024 Activating a card's unearth ability isn't the same as casting that card. The unearth ability is put on the stack, but the card is not. Spells and abilities that interact with activated abilities will interact with unearth, but spells and abilities that interact with spells (such as Flare of Denial) will not.
  • Jun 7, 2024 At the beginning of the next end step, a permanent returned to the battlefield with unearth is exiled. This is a delayed triggered ability, and it can be countered by effects that counter triggered abilities. If the ability is countered, the permanent will stay on the battlefield and the delayed triggered ability won't trigger again. However, the replacement effect will still exile the permanent if it eventually leaves the battlefield.
  • Jun 7, 2024 If a permanent returned to the battlefield with unearth would leave the battlefield for any reason, it's exiled instead—unless the spell or ability that's causing the permanent to leave the battlefield is actually trying to exile it! In that case, it succeeds at exiling it. If that spell or ability later returns the card to the battlefield (as Static Prison might, for example), the permanent card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The unearth effects will no longer apply to it.
  • Jun 7, 2024 If you activate a card's unearth ability but that card is removed from your graveyard before the ability resolves, that unearth ability will do nothing as it resolves.
  • Jun 7, 2024 Unearth grants haste to the permanent that's returned to the battlefield (even if it's not a creature card). However, neither of the "exile" abilities is granted to that permanent. If that permanent loses all its abilities, it will still be exiled at the beginning of the next end step, and if it would leave the battlefield, it is still exiled instead.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

2 printings

Molten Gatekeeper has been reprinted 2 times. The Modern Horizons 3 reprint cut the price 54% in 30 days.

Set Date Rarity Treatment Price before Day 1 30 days 90 days
MH3 #128 2024-06-14 Common Standard
MH3 #128 2024-06-14 Common Standard

Molten Gatekeeper in Commander

Molten Gatekeeper is the #1,277 most-played card on EDHREC, down 46 places over the last 30 days.

Molten Gatekeeper FAQ

How much is Molten Gatekeeper worth?

Molten Gatekeeper is worth about $0.27 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.

Is Molten Gatekeeper legal in Commander?

Yes — Molten Gatekeeper is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Modern, Legacy and Pauper.

Has Molten Gatekeeper been reprinted?

Yes — Molten Gatekeeper has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Molten Gatekeeper cheap?

Molten Gatekeeper trades at about $0.27 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful.