Sneak Through The Gate To Find Maze's End by TinfoilRat

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Sultai deck helmed by Nine-Fingers Keene functions as an engine-driven land control deck that turns Gates into both mana acceleration and a direct win condition. Early turns focus on accelerating mana through low-cost land enablers like Exploration, Burgeoning, and Amulet of Vigor, deploying Keene on Turn 3. Keene's combat damage trigger digs nine cards deep to deploy Gates directly onto the battlefield. Once the land engine hits critical mass, the deck closes the game via Maze's End searching for its tenth Gate, supported by mass-fetch spells such as Scapeshift and Reshape the Earth. Alternatively, combat lethality is achieved through Basilisk Gate, Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, or Bonny Pall, Clearcutter. A comprehensive interactive suite of counters, spot removal, and sweepers allows the deck to stabilize against aggressive boards while relentlessly advancing its inevitable land-based finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Disorienting Choice
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Divert Disaster
  • 1 Don't Make a Sound
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Elemental Teachings
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Flood of Tears
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Future Sight
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Planar Nexus
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Realms Uncharted
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Seedship Impact
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Swallowed by Leviathan
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Unauthorized Exit
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Winds of Rebuke
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy