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Magic · Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #490 · Rare

The Black Gate (Showcase Scrolls)

Magic card price for The Black Gate (Showcase Scrolls): $42.94 market, from $35.00 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 20, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 20, 2026
$42.94
0.0% this week · +2.2% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+2.2%
90 days+16.8%
1 year+50.8%
All time+365.2%

Sellers right now

$35.00lowest listing$99.99highest
Market price$42.94
Mid listing$45.00
Direct$42.93
30-day avg$42.74

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$42.94
Cardmarket$36.52 €32.56

EUR converted at 1.1215 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$26.6452-week low$43.0352-week high
In the range99%
All-time low$9.09
All-time high$43.03
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$25.66$31.99$38.33$44.67
$42.94
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked The Black Gate (Showcase Scrolls) (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $9.23. Today the market price is $42.94, up 365%. Across the past year it went +50.8%, with a low of $26.64 and a high of $43.03; today it sits near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $35.00, and the 30-day average market price is $42.74.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$42.94$35.00$99.990.0%
Normal$26.33$19.01$199.960.0%

The card in play

Type line
Legendary Land — Gate
Rules text

As The Black Gate enters the battlefield, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

T: Add B.

1B, T: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Other printings of The Black Gate

4 more · $10.24 – $42.94
All printings
The Black Gate (Borderless) (Surge Foil) (87), The Hobbit: Eternal-Legal — Magic card price −0.3% 7d The Black Gate (Borderless) (Surge Foil) The Hobbit: Eternal-Legal · #87 $40.29 The Black Gate (Extended Art) (160), Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price −1.7% 7d The Black Gate (Extended Art) Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #160 $16.82 The Black Gate (Borderless) (47), The Hobbit: Eternal-Legal — Magic card price −1.1% 7d The Black Gate (Borderless) The Hobbit: Eternal-Legal · #47 $13.53 The Black Gate (80), Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — Magic card price +6.7% 7d The Black Gate Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #80 $10.24

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