Wherever I May Roam by Arngrim

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Lands and Gates combo-control engine led by Nine-Fingers Keene. The primary strategy focuses on deploying early ramp to accelerate Keene into combat on Turn 4. Her combat damage trigger digs nine cards deep to put Gates directly onto the battlefield, bypassing normal land-per-turn limits and fixing colors. Once nine Gates are in play, Keene shifts into an overwhelming card-draw engine while setting up a decisive Maze's End victory. Untap enablers such as Gond Gate, Amulet of Vigor, and Spelunking eliminate tapland friction, turning Gate deployment into immediate mana. Robust land tutors like Crop Rotation, Circuitous Route, and Reshape the Earth assemble the required Gates and utility lands quickly. If the Maze's End line faces disruption, the deck pivots smoothly to combat pressure through Field of the Dead zombie swarms, Avenger of Zendikar, or a lethal commander buffed by Basilisk Gate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Drag to the Roots
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lessons from Life
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Maelstrom Pulse
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Planar Nexus
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth