Opening the 'Nine' Inner Gates by user4621703

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Gates deck helmed by Nine-Fingers Keene, built around assembling ten or more different-named Gates to trigger Maze's End for a simultaneous win. The deck leans heavily on landfall synergy, land recursion, and a dense tutor suite to find its key Gates and payoff. The commander acts as a repeatable combat-triggered Gate finder, while Gond Gate enables untapped entries for a one-turn Maze's End activation. Secondary paths include commander damage with evasion and double strike, plus mana-sink spells such as Torment of Hailfire and Villainous Wealth. The deck's speed is moderate, relying on a critical mass of land-search effects rather than fast combo lines, and its interaction suite is thin on the stack.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beacon of Tomorrows
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Emergent Ultimatum
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Greenside Watcher
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kura, the Boundless Sky
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Mythos of Brokkos
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
  • 1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reap and Sow
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Riftsweeper
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Security Bypass
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Mending of Dominaria
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Time Spiral
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Titania, Voice of Gaea
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World Shaper
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome