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Open the Gates
Oracle Text
Search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Open the Gates is a one-mana green sorcery that tutors a basic land or Gate into your hand, making it a superb consistency and ramp tool for mana-hungry or Gate-focused builds. It doesn't put the land into play, so its main contribution is smoothing draws and guaranteeing next-turn land drops—ideal for tempo decks that need reliable early mana and for value/ramp shells that want to cast big spells on curve. It also naturally supports Gate subthemes: include a critical mass of Gates plus cards that put lands from hand onto the battlefield—Azusa, Lost but Seeking or Exploration-style effects—to immediately convert the tutor into acceleration. In multi-color decks, Open the Gates acts as efficient mana fixing; in aggressive lists it prevents flood/flooding by fetching basics. Deckbuilding tip: run Open the Gates alongside other one-mana tutors and a 20–24 land count with a mix of basics and Gates so you never miss an important land for a payoff.
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Character Background
Open the Gates is a one-mana green sorcery that tutors a basic land or Gate into your hand, making it a superb consistency and ramp tool for mana-hungry or Gate-focused builds. It doesn't put the land into play, so its main contribution is smoothing draws and guaranteeing next-turn land drops—ideal for tempo decks that need reliable early mana and for value/ramp shells that want to cast big spells on curve. It also naturally supports Gate subthemes: include a critical mass of Gates plus cards that put lands from hand onto the battlefield—Azusa, Lost but Seeking or Exploration-style effects—to immediately convert the tutor into acceleration. In multi-color decks, Open the Gates acts as efficient mana fixing; in aggressive lists it prevents flood/flooding by fetching basics. Deckbuilding tip: run Open the Gates alongside other one-mana tutors and a 20–24 land count with a mix of basics and Gates so you never miss an important land for a payoff.
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