Maze's End by Wellbang0kay

Format: Commander

Commander: Ramos, Dragon Engine

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated 5-color Lands and Gates combo-control engine commanded by Ramos, Dragon Engine. The primary objective is assembling 10 uniquely named Gates to trigger an alternate win condition via Maze's End, or alternatively overwhelming opponents with Zombie tokens from Field of the Dead and scaled combat damage from Basilisk Gate. The deck overcomes the natural tempo drawback of Gate lands through critical untap enablers like Gond Gate, Amulet of Vigor, and Spelunking. Once an untap piece is active, mass land search effects such as Scapeshift, Reshape the Earth, and Bring to Light can assemble lethal game states in a single turn. Card advantage is driven by land-triggered powerhouses including Guild Summit, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. The interaction suite provides comprehensive coverage with efficient single-target removal, uncounterable channel abilities via Boseiju, Who Endures, and repeatable combat nullification with Constant Mists.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bring to Light
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Realms Uncharted
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy