---
name: "Bar the Gate"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Venture into the dungeon"]
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Johannes Voss"
oracle_id: "11f55ec5-b9a3-4670-8afb-31d29478fb59"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bar-the-gate-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bar the Gate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Venture into the dungeon

## Oracle Text
Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. Venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

> *"넌 이 길로 못 가!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deny Entry](/printing/deny-entry-tle.md) — Instant
2. [Exclude](/printing/exclude-cmm.md) — Instant
3. [Preemptive Strike](/printing/preemptive-strike-ptk.md) — Instant
4. [False Summoning](/printing/false-summoning-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Essence Scatter](/printing/essence-scatter-ddt.md) — Instant
6. [Counterspell](/printing/counterspell-dmr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Johannes Voss
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`