[EDH] NineFingers - Gates Monsters by Torgnoles

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Gates and Landfall strategy commanded by Nine-Fingers Keene. The primary game plan accelerates mana through low-cost ramp spells to cast Keene on turn 3 and begin attacking on turn 4. Keene's combat damage trigger looks nine cards deep to put Gate lands directly onto the battlefield. Once the deck accumulates nine Gates, Keene's trigger turns into a massive card engine that puts all remaining revealed non-Gate cards straight into hand. The deck converts its expansive land base into decisive wins through two primary avenues: activating Maze's End with ten uniquely named Gates to win immediately, or channeling massive mana from Baldur's Gate into Finale of Devastation and colossal creature threats like Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant and Apex Altisaur. Supporting engines like Gond Gate and Spelunking remove tap-land friction, while Heroic Intervention and Keene's built-in ward protect the board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Alpha Deathclaw
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Aurora Awakener
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Giant Ankheg
  • 1 Glacier Godmaw
  • 1 Glarb, Calamity's Augur
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Groundchuck & Dirtbag
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Ice Tunnel
  • 1 Into the North
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Lord of Change
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 March from Velis Vel
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Mind into Matter
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rimewood Falls
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selvala's Stampede
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 4 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 2 Snow-Covered Island
  • 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sowing Mycospawn
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Voidslime
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Zagoth Triome