For just three life, you can have The Black Gate enter the battlefield untapped if you really need to use it right away for its ability to generate a black mana, or the other activated ability
Nothing is more important in Magic than reliably playing lands and guaranteeing you have enough mana to fuel the later stages of the game, and these versatile cards keep you from falling behind
Beyond the Docents sheer power, this is a singularly flavorful card that directly references and even features a renowned card from a prior related set
In a similar vein, there are a whole bunch of lands that cycle now and many of them are well worth putting in your deck to improve your early land drops: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths brought an incredible new cycle of cycling lands that revolutionized Commander manabases: There were already cycles of cards like Opulent Palace and Arcane Sanctum that are amazing color-fixers because they tap for one of three different types of mana in exchange for entering the battlefield tapped
Conclusions, Recommendations, and Theories for Future Research After the above photographs were taken, I took all of the cards from the experiment and put them in the 72% box
Enduring Vitality won't have those creature types when its last ability returns it to the battlefield because it won't be a creature
