Gate Deck by Iwgffasa

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Gate-tribal and landfall strategy commanded by Nine-Fingers Keene. The primary game plan accelerates mana through low-cost land fetchers and mana rocks to deploy Keene by Turn 3 or 4. Once on the board, Keene attacks to dig nine cards deep for Gates, putting them directly onto the battlefield. As the Gate count rises, the deck transitions from ramp to pressure, unlocking Keene's ability to draw up to eight cards per combat connection once nine Gates are in play. The deck closes games around Turn 8 or 9 through massive single-target combat damage powered by Basilisk Gate and Glaive of the Guildpact, wide creature swarms from Scute Swarm and Rampaging Baloths, or an alternate win condition via Maze's End. With resilient land-based infrastructure and Ward-backed protection, the deck maintains a steady, compounding midgame presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Tunnel
  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Death Begets Life
  • 1 Devastation Tide
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fog
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Gateway Sneak
  • 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Greenside Watcher
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Omo, Queen of Vesuva
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Planar Nexus
  • 1 Plaza of Harmony
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 River's Rebuke
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Saruli Caretaker
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Way of the Thief