At The Gates by akocham

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is helmed by Nine-Fingers Keene and focuses on assembling a resilient, land-based win condition via Gates and Maze's End. Keene provides an early engine by digging nine cards deep on combat damage to cheat Gates directly onto the battlefield. Once the threshold of nine Gates is reached, Keene draws all remaining non-Gate cards, fueling explosive turns. The deck features redundant land tutors such as Circuitous Route, Sylvan Scrying, and Nylea's Intervention to locate critical utility lands like Gond Gate, Baldur's Gate, and Basilisk Gate. A strong defensive suite featuring Arachnogenesis, Moment's Peace, and No Mercy buys time against aggressive boards. The primary finish activates Maze's End with ten distinct Gates, backed by alternate lethal lines through Baldur's Gate mana into Exsanguinate or Basilisk Gate combat buffs.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorbing Man
• 1 Abundance
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arachnogenesis
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1 Baldur's Gate
• 1 Basilisk Gate
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Black Dragon Gate
• 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
• 1 Broken Bond
• 1 Circuitous Route
• 1 Coiling Oracle
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conduit of Worlds
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Dimir Guildgate
• 1 Disorienting Choice
• 1 District Guide
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Elvish Reclaimer
• 1 Eureka Moment
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Fireshrieker
• 5 Forest
• 1 Gatebreaker Ram
• 1 Gatecreeper Vine
• 1 Gateway Plaza
• 1 Gateway Sneak
• 1 Golgari Guildgate
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 Gond Gate
• 1 Greenside Watcher
• 1 Growth Spiral
• 1 Guild Summit
• 1 Heap Gate
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Icetill Explorer
• 1 Island
• 1 Joint Exploration
• 1 Kura, the Boundless Sky
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Manor Gate
• 1 Mask of Riddles
• 1 Maze's End
• 1 Moment's Peace
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Navigation Orb
• 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
• 1 No Mercy
• 1 Nylea's Intervention
• 1 Obscuring Haze
• 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
• 1 Open the Gates
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1 Planar Genesis
• 1 Planar Nexus
• 1 Plaza of Harmony
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Ramunap Excavator
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1 Sage of the Maze
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Sea Gate
• 1 Shoot the Sheriff
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Simic Guildgate
• 1 Skyserpent Seeker
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spelunking
• 1 Sultai Charm
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Sword Coast Sailor
• 1 Sylvan Scrying
• 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 Titania's Command
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1 Urza's Cave
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
• 1 Watery Grave