Golos's Stronghold (Original) by FatedHour2710

Format: Commander

Commander: Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Gates and big-mana strategy piloted by Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. The primary objective is to ramp aggressively in the early turns, deploy Golos to tutor critical utility lands like Gond Gate and Baldur's Gate, and quickly establish an overwhelming mana engine. With Gond Gate eliminating the tap-land penalty and Baldur's Gate producing large amounts of colored mana, the deck transitions into activating Golos to cast high-impact spells for free. The ultimate win condition centers on Maze's End to achieve an alternate victory by assembling ten uniquely named Gates, backed by an overrun combat plan featuring Basilisk Gate, Felidar Retreat, and massive creatures like Beanstalk Giant and Zacama, Primal Calamity. Dense creature board wipes clear opposing boards to buy the necessary time to assemble the land puzzle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Archway Commons
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Blatant Thievery
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conflux
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Crackling Perimeter
  • 1 Dance of the Tumbleweeds
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Divine Reckoning
  • 1 Duneblast
  • 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
  • 1 Exit Specialist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Grapple with the Past
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hold the Gates
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Patient Naturalist
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Pore Over the Pages
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rubblehulk
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Blaze
  • 1 Stone-Seeder Hierophant
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 The Mending of Dominaria
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zendikar Resurgent
  • 1 Zimone's Experiment