Gates Galore by KotaMori

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is helmed by Nine-Fingers Keene, focusing on assembling a high density of Gates to generate overwhelming mana, card advantage, and lethal combat pressure. Early turns prioritize ramping with efficient enablers like Exploration, Burgeoning, and Amulet of Vigor, transitioning into casting Keene to dig nine cards deep each combat step. Once untap engines like Gond Gate and Spelunking are active, Gates enter untapped and unlock explosive mana via Baldur's Gate. The deck closes games through two distinct vectors: massive combat damage using Basilisk Gate, Glaive of the Guildpact, or surprise infect via Tainted Strike and Phyresis, or an alternate win with Maze's End and Reshape the Earth. Because the engine is anchored in the land zone, the deck exhibits top-tier resilience against conventional sweepers and rebuilds with minimal delay.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Brass Knuckles
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Disorienting Choice
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
  • 1 Golem-Skin Gauntlets
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kotis, the Fangkeeper
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 1 Planar Nexus
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Strong Back
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak