9 Fingers [B2] by GrimmLethal

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is a dedicated Gates-matter strategy led by Nine-Fingers Keene. The deck accelerates its mana in the opening turns with cheap ramp creatures and spells, deploying Keene by Turn 4. When Keene connects in combat, her ability digs nine cards deep to place Gates directly onto the battlefield. As Gate counts rise, the deck draws cards through engines like Guild Summit and Tatyova, Benthic Druid while generating substantial mana with Baldur's Gate. The primary path to victory is assembling ten uniquely named Gates and activating Maze's End for an instant table win on Turn 8. Alternatively, the deck can eliminate opponents through massive combat damage using Basilisk Gate and Glaive of the Guildpact. Because its main win condition is land-based, the deck is naturally resilient against common creature board wipes and nonland removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Court of Bounty
  • 1 Deathsprout
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Disorienting Choice
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Erebos's Intervention
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Familiar Ground
  • 1 Fblthp, Lost on the Range
  • 1 Festering Gulch
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gatekeeper Gargoyle
  • 1 Gateway Sneak
  • 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Greenside Watcher
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kura, the Boundless Sky
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Pillage the Bog
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Protective Bubble
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Retreat to Kazandu
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scaled Herbalist
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Skyshroud Ranger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sporemound
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Way of the Thief
  • 1 Zimone's Experiment