Maze Runner by CaptGoodG

Format: Commander

Commander: Ramos, Dragon Engine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This five-color deck utilizes Ramos, Dragon Engine to command a dedicated Gate-ramp strategy. The primary game plan focuses on searching out diverse Gates using specialized land tutors like Circuitous Route, Explore the Underdark, and Navigation Orb. Gond Gate allows these lands to enter untapped, accelerating the clock toward a direct win via Maze's End. In parallel, big-mana engines such as Baldur's Gate and Ramos enable explosive turns that deploy massive threats like Progenitus, Darksteel Colossus, and Ruinous Ultimatum. The land-heavy win condition provides high inherent resilience against standard creature board wipes, though the list remains vulnerable to fast combo strategies and targeted land destruction due to a lack of cheap counterspells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beluna's Gatekeeper // Entry Denied
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Campus Guide
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Coalition Victory
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Gateway Sneak
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guild Artisan
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 3 Island
  • 1 It That Heralds the End
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jalum Tome
  • 1 Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
  • 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulch
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Over the Top
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Progenitus
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Ravenous Amulet
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Saruli Gatekeepers
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Shield-Wall Sentinel
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Transformer
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spirit of Resistance
  • 1 Stasis Snare
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Tamiyo's Logbook
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Temporal Gateway
  • 1 Three Tree Mascot
  • 1 Tome of the Guildpact
  • 1 Trace of Abundance
  • 1 Traveler's Amulet
  • 1 Unyielding Gatekeeper
  • 1 Watcher of the Wayside
  • 1 World Map