Ocean's the Gathering by RaianMaru

Format: Commander

Creator: RaianMaru

Commander: Gonti, Canny Acquisitor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai midrange strategy centered on Gonti, Canny Acquisitor. It aims to deploy low-cost, evasive creatures during the opening turns, accelerate mana with two-mana ramp spells, and cast Gonti on turn 4. Once Gonti is active, dealing combat damage to multiple opponents exiles cards from their libraries, allowing you to cast their spells at a discount. The deck compounds this card advantage with combat payoffs like Grim Hireling, Felix Five-Boots, and Toski, Bearer of Secrets. Rather than racing toward an infinite combo, the deck grinds down opponents by stealing their resources and winning through combat damage across multiple turn rotations. The strategy is highly resilient to single-target removal thanks to redundant card-advantage engines, but it remains vulnerable to board wipes and heavy flying defense. Careful combat sequencing and mana management are essential to maintain pressure and protect key assets.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cunning Rhetoric
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felix Five-Boots
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Glarb, Calamity's Augur
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Heartless Conscription
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Outrageous Robbery
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Predators' Hour
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Savvy Trader
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Shakedown Heavy
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thieving Varmint
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tower Winder
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast