Molten Gatekeeper

MH3Modern Horizons 3/#128/2024Common
Colour IDMV 3
Molten Gatekeeper
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.59
Cardmarket€0.19
TCGplayer$0.30
ManaPool$0.15
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.06
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.03 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.59High $0.79Low $0.59▼ 25.3%
This printing
SetMH3
Collector #128
Released2024-06-14
Raritycommon
ArtistJoe Slucher
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.30TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-09
7d▲ 15.4%30d▲ 15.4%90d▲ 15.4%
90d high
$0.37
90d low
$0.16
Paper printings priced
1
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.30
Modern Horizons 3
  • Up 15.4% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
  • Currently 19% below its 90 day high of $0.37.
  • Foil copies of this printing carry a 393% premium over nonfoil.
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Modern Horizons 3MH3 · #128 · 2024-06-14nonfoilcommon$0.30▲ 11.1%▲ 11.1%
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Gameplay and rules
Artifact Creature — Golem
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Unearth (: 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.)
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Keywords
Unearth
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Rulings (5)
wotc7 Jun 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.
wotc7 Jun 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.
wotc7 Jun 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.
wotc7 Jun 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.
wotc7 Jun 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.
About this card

Molten Gatekeeper

Molten Gatekeeper is an Artifact Creature — Golem, with mana cost {2}{R} (mana value 3).

Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: legal.

Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.30 (up 15.4% over 30 days).

Frequently asked

Molten Gatekeeper FAQ

How much is Molten Gatekeeper worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Molten Gatekeeper is $0.30. It is up 15.4% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.16 to $0.37.
What is the cheapest printing of Molten Gatekeeper?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Modern Horizons 3 at $0.30 on TCGplayer.
What set was Molten Gatekeeper first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from MH3 #128, released 2024-06-14.
Is there a foil version of Molten Gatekeeper?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $1.48 versus $0.30 for nonfoil, which is 393% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is Molten Gatekeeper legal in Commander?
Yes, Molten Gatekeeper is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Molten Gatekeeper legal in Modern?
Yes, Molten Gatekeeper is currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Molten Gatekeeper legal in Standard?
Molten Gatekeeper is not currently legal in Standard per Scryfall's legality feed.
What does Molten Gatekeeper do?
Molten Gatekeeper is an Artifact Creature — Golem with mana cost {2}{R}. Its Oracle text reads: "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.)".