Gates of Glory by Smiggy

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Nine-Fingers Keene is a Sultai Gates deck built around a land-ramp engine, with Maze's End as its hidden commander and alternate win. The commander's combat trigger finds a Gate from the top nine cards and, once nine Gates are in play, dumps the rest into hand. The primary plan is to play and tutor Gates, accelerate with land-drop effects, and win by activating Maze's End. Secondary paths are landfall token beatdown from Avenger of Zendikar, Rampaging Baloths, and Scute Swarm, plus an Abundance/Retreat to Coralhelm/Scaled Herbalist/Tatyova loop that drains with Retreat to Hagra. The deck is resilient but slow, with many tapped lands and a telegraphed win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Gateway Sneak
  • 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Scaled Herbalist
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Way of the Thief
  • 1 Wrenn and Seven
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy