Should be approached as a puzzle as you try your opponent tries to ascend {{Ability|Ascend}} as fast as possible to receive the {{Ability|City's Blessing }} in order to deliver the ultimate hit on the opponent's planeswalker. Be aware of a one-hit KO battle, and prevent the Gateway from {{Ability|Ascend|Ascending}}.

|If you have a creature with {{Ability|Ascend }} while you have the City’s {{Ability|City's Blessing }} and you steal a copy of that same creature, it will lose {{Ability|Ascend }} for the rest of the match.  Observed with Lay Claim and Wayward Swordtooth.