Loxodon Gatekeeper

Creature — Elephant Soldier

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control come into play tapped.

Discussion (51)

king-saproling on Queen Marchesa

4 months ago

Looks good! These might interest you: Sunforger , King's Assassin , Bloodthirsty Blade , Curse of Opulence , Pariah , Loxodon Gatekeeper , Authority of the Consuls , Blind Obedience , Unquestioned Authority , Master Warcraft , Viridian Longbow

king-saproling on Grand Arbiter the IV Stax

4 months ago

You might like these: Spark Double , Sakashima the Impostor , Smothering Tithe , Fatespinner , Storage Matrix , Quicksilver Fountain , Curator's Ward , Ward of Bones , Lunar Force , Starfield of Nyx , Approach of the Second Sun , Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar , Uba Mask , Stormscape Familiar , Sunscape Familiar , Loxodon Gatekeeper

dingusdingo on Counterpoint: White doesn't need ramp ...

5 months ago

I totally agree. While it would certainly make mono white commanders far more viable, white already has enough going for it to make it a sought after color for wedges or dual colored commanders.

White sees lots of play in stax decks, as it packs the most hatebears of any color. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Leonin Arbiter Aven Mindcensor Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Grand Abolisher Hokori, Dust Drinker Ethersworn Canonist Kataki, War's Wage are all cards that see competitive play. You have far more fringe cases like Vryn Wingmare Alms Collector Thalia, Heretic Cathar Loxodon Gatekeeper and others which are seen on the fringe. The hatebears become a secondary wincon for competitive by pressuring life totals while also stopping the game.

White also gets a BUNCH of incredible supporting effects for stax builds. Armageddon and the expensive Ravages of War close games. Smothering Tithe plays great under stax. There are also numerous enchantments are shut off combos or lines of play, such as Rest in Peace Stony Silence Leyline of Sanctity Suppression Field and all kinds of less effective variants.

White also gives some of the most efficient 1-for-1 removal. While you will fall behind with 1-for-1's in a 4 player pod, its still important to pack StP and Path. White also gets sweepers for EVERY SINGLE PERMANENT TYPE. You read that correctly kids. You can do A-lot-for-1 trades with cards like Wrath of God Austere Command Cleanfall Paraselene and others.

White also gets one of the best pieces of combo protection available, Silence . White has a few tutors that are playable, Enlightened Tutor Steelshaper's Gift Open the Armory Academy Rector Stoneforge Mystic . You get card advantage via effects like Land Tax Tithe Weathered Wayfarer and more.

True, white doesn't have very many cards with the word "Draw" explicitly on it. You're able to accrue advantage, but its mostly incremental. What white lacks in raw draw you make up for with value. The sweepers are the best example of this imo. The opponent may have drawn more cards than you, but trading 1 card for 10 creatures on the board is effectively 9 card advantage.

I personally enjoy most duals or wedges that include White + Black or White + Blue. I find it to be similar to Green, in that I don't feel bad with having it as a secondary or tertiary color, and that it solves a lot of problems and gives me access to cards I want to run.

CrimsonChaos on Kambal Deck

8 months ago

Actually, the oracle text on the Gatherer site for Kismet states that it does affect all opponents, so no worries there! With that in mind, it’s probably a little better than the Loxodon Gatekeeper mainly because enchantments are usually harder to get rid of than creatures, especially with that Greater Auramancy on the board.

claregrey on Kambal Deck

8 months ago

I originally had Ghostly Prison in the deck, but replaced it with the Polluted Bonds since Norn's Annex and Sphere of Safety are both in the deck. I was thinking of adding Kismet as well, but figured since it only targets a single player and Loxodon Gatekeeper targets all opponents, it wasn't as beneficial. What would you recommend to pull if adding those cards?

multimedia on

10 months ago

Hey, saw your forum topic asking for help.

Not sure what kind of advice you're looking for because the deck is bad, but you know that already. Consider more hatebears? Increasing the pillowfort/opponent disruption strategies and decreasing everything else? Teeg is a good Commander for hatebears. You already have a few good ones Ouphe and Honor Guard, but consider more? Instead of playing a lot of lackluster creatures play hatebears that can both attack and disrupt your opponent. You can build a hatebear/pillowfort strategy on a budget especially since you already have Ghostly Prison

Cards ($5 or less each) to consider adding:

Lands:

• Command Tower
• Scattered Groves
• Fortified Village
• Canopy Vista
• Ash Barrens

Win Condition:

• Luminarch Ascension : win condition when you have established a pillowfort and have your opponents disrupted. Repeatable source of 4/4 Angels that gets around many hatebears and disruptive enchantments/artifacts.
• Sun Titan : can reanimate lots of different hatebears including Teeg, disruptive enchantments/artifacts or Wasteland/Strip Mine.

Hatebears:

• Aven Mindcensor : Teeg doesn't stop low mana cost tutors this does including Fetch lands.
• Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• Leonin Arbiter
• Containment Priest : prevents opponent reanimation.
• Vryn Wingmare
• Windborn Muse
• Hushwing Gryff
• Phyrexian Revoker
• Loxodon Gatekeeper
• Spirit of the Labyrinth
• Eidolon of Rhetoric
• Glowrider
• Alms Collector
• Kataki, War's Wage
• Suture Priest : good against opponent token creation, can stop an infinite token combo.
• Remorseful Cleric
• Scavenging Ooze

Other:

• Aura of Silence
• Blind Obedience
• Rule of Law
• Authority of the Consuls
• Suppression Field
• Pithing Needle

If interested in these suggestions I offer more advice including potential cuts. Good luck with your deck.

McToters on Police Brutality

11 months ago

This is really cool! I don’t play azorius at all but this deck looks like a lot of fun. I’ve also never heard of the 8x8 rule. Where does that come from?

Have you experimented with cards that have similar abilities to ones you’re using like Imposing Sovereign , Blind Obedience and Frozen AEther ? Kismet and Loxodon Gatekeeper have higher CMCs but they cover all the bases as far as what enters tapped. I would probably run one of them over Court Street Denizen since you’re only running about 13 white creatures. Ah wait... unless you have enough stuff that bounces creatures back then i guess my suggestion is a moot point.

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV seems like a shoe-in to help Lavinia hold down your opponents. But may not work for you if you’re looking to have creatures with ETBs.

I only really noticed you have Sift for card draw. What else do you have? Cause I must have missed some.

Anyway, Azorious is not my specialty but I hope I sort of helped. Good luck! +1

McToters on Tajic Hatebears

11 months ago

More red/white hate:

Price of Glory

Aven Mindcensor

Loxodon Gatekeeper

Imposing Sovereign

Tectonic Instability

Stranglehold

Sulfuric Vortex

Blood Moon

Bedlam

Heat of Battle

Heat Stroke

Onslaught

I see you are already running some creatures like Leonin Arbiter that does what Stranglehold does, but thought i throw the suggestions out there anyway.

Another option for ramp which I'm sure you are well aware of is Smothering Tithe .

And i would personally run Vandalblast over Mogg Salvage unless it works well in your meta. Dont get me wrong it’s a sweet way to cheat cmc but it’s very contextual.

Maybe Assemble the Legion or Crescendo of War for funsies?!