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The Dross PitsutilityBudget$0.12A black utility land from the same cycle that also produces black mana and has an additional late-game activated ability. It fills a similar role as a color source with a relevant upside.Access TunnelutilityBudget$0.55This is another low-cost utility land that helps push creatures through blockers, though it works by granting unblockable to small creatures instead of a black-targeting menace effect. It serves a similar evasion role in decks that want mana from a land plus board impact.Key to the CityutilityBudget$0.95Like The Black Gate, it provides evasion to force damage through and can be used repeatedly over multiple turns. It is not a land, but it fills a very similar role for black-based aggressive or commander decks.Rogue's PassageutilityBudget$0.36A classic land-based evasion tool that turns one creature into an unblockable threat. It is broader than The Black Gate’s player-based restriction, but the battlefield role is very similar.Labyrinth of SkophosutilityBudget$0.23This utility land can protect you from attacks by removing a creature from combat, giving a defensive land-based effect similar to The Black Gate’s combat manipulation. It trades offense for defense, but occupies the same slot as a special-purpose land.Cave of the Frost DragonutilityBudget$0.56A tapped creature-land style utility land that becomes a threat while still functioning as a mana source. It is not an evasion land, but it similarly offers a land slot with late-game board relevance.Tectonic EdgeutilityBudget$0.39Another utility land that provides mana early and a meaningful activated ability later. While its effect is land disruption rather than combat evasion, it matches the same 'land with upside' deckbuilding role.Miren, the Moaning Wellutility$18.50A colorless utility land that produces mana and turns spare board presence into value. It is a different effect, but similar in being a legendary land with a relevant activated ability.
