---
name: "Molten Gatekeeper"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Golem"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Unearth"]
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Joe Slucher"
oracle_id: "90fdfba8-f29e-44f9-91d2-7bf3c458a9c1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/molten-gatekeeper-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Molten Gatekeeper
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Golem
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Unearth

## Oracle Text
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Unearth {R} ({R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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3. [Yotian Frontliner](/printing/yotian-frontliner-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Soldier
4. [Magma Giant](/printing/magma-giant-c15.md) — Creature — Giant
5. [Pyroclastic Hellion](/printing/pyroclastic-hellion-znr.md) — Creature — Hellion
6. [Heavyweight Demolisher](/printing/heavyweight-demolisher-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #128
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Joe Slucher
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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