---
name: "Cemetery Gatekeeper"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Vampire"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "PVOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos"
collector_number: "148p"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Tyler Jacobson"
oracle_id: "fa450433-85b0-4f95-bd4e-f141ba036bee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cemetery-gatekeeper-pvow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cemetery Gatekeeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard.
Whenever a player plays a land or casts a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ash Zealot](/printing/ash-zealot-pio.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Cemetery Prowler](/printing/cemetery-prowler-pvow.md) — Creature — Wolf
3. [Cemetery Protector](/printing/cemetery-protector-prm.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Blood Petal Celebrant](/printing/blood-petal-celebrant-j25.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Practiced Scrollsmith](/printing/practiced-scrollsmith-sos.md) — Creature — Dwarf Cleric
6. [Bloodghast](/printing/bloodghast-lcc.md) — Creature — Vampire Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos (PVOW) #148p
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Tyler Jacobson
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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