---
name: "Gate to the Afterlife"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DRC"
set_name: "Aetherdrift Commander"
collector_number: "130"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Christine Choi"
oracle_id: "5a682ec5-78e6-4238-b5c2-e94b7a8f8066"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gate-to-the-afterlife-drc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gate to the Afterlife
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you gain 1 life. Then you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card named God-Pharaoh's Gift and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. Activate only if there are six or more creature cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Net](/printing/soul-net-leb.md) — Artifact
2. [Profane Memento](/printing/profane-memento-m15.md) — Artifact
3. [Afterlife Insurance](/printing/afterlife-insurance-clu.md) — Instant
4. [Relic Vial](/printing/relic-vial-znr.md) — Artifact
5. [Tablet of Epityr](/printing/tablet-of-epityr-me4.md) — Artifact
6. [Mephitic Draught](/printing/mephitic-draught-lci.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #130
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Christine Choi
- **Total Printings:** 19 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`