---
name: "Floodgate"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Wall"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "67"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jeff Miracola"
oracle_id: "f5a85674-fd09-42d8-bba7-5656be25fcea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/floodgate-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Floodgate
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/5
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
When this creature has flying, sacrifice it.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals damage to each nonblue creature without flying equal to half the number of Islands you control, rounded down.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thunder Wall](/printing/thunder-wall-ice.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Wall of Air](/printing/wall-of-air-30a.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Fog Bank](/printing/fog-bank-fdn.md) — Creature — Wall
4. [Living Tsunami](/printing/living-tsunami-zen.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Flood](/printing/flood-5ed.md) — Enchantment
6. [Fog Elemental](/printing/fog-elemental-wth.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #67
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jeff Miracola
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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