Dragon at the Gates by irisible

Format: Commander

Commander: Ramos, Dragon Engine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck combines a 5-color Gates mana base with multicolored midrange payoffs, utilizing Ramos, Dragon Engine as a massive mana battery. In the early game, it fixes mana and searches for specialized Gates such as Gond Gate, Baldur's Gate, and Basilisk Gate. Once Ramos enters the battlefield, casting 3-to-5-color spells rapidly adds +1/+1 counters, allowing Ramos to remove five counters and produce ten mana ({W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G}). This burst mana casts game-ending threats like Progenitus, The Kami War, or Door to Nothingness, while powering up lethal combat swings. In games where Ramos is answered, the deck smoothly pivots to land-based win conditions including Field of the Dead zombie swarms, Basilisk Gate combat scaling, and an alternate victory via Maze's End.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Charm
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Bring to Light
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chromanticore
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Coalition Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Door to Nothingness
  • 1 Duneblast
  • 1 Elemental Teachings
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fallaji Wayfarer
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gates Ablaze
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Gateway Sneak
  • 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guided Passage
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Infinite Guideline Station
  • 1 Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jared Carthalion
  • 1 Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
  • 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
  • 1 Maelstrom Archangel
  • 1 Maelstrom Nexus
  • 1 Mana Cannons
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
  • 1 Omenpath Journey
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of All
  • 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Progenitus
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
  • 1 Riveteers Charm
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest
  • 1 The Wandering Minstrel
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Two-Headed Hellkite
  • 1 Unite the Coalition
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wildgrowth Archaic