tfw you live in a gated community by user4235621

Format: Commander

Commander: Nine-Fingers Keene

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Gates and Landfall strategy commanded by Nine-Fingers Keene. It accelerates mana on early turns to cast Keene on Turn 3, then attacks on Turn 4 to dig nine cards deep for Gate lands. Untap enablers such as Gond Gate, Amulet of Vigor, and Spelunking negate the tempo drawback of tapped Gates. Once the deck accumulates nine Gates, Keene's trigger draws all remaining nonland cards among the top nine, generating a massive card burst. The deck finishes games by activating Maze's End with ten uniquely named Gates or by converting big mana from Baldur's Gate and stat buffs from Basilisk Gate into lethal combat damage. Supported by strong interaction and resilient land-based development, the deck recovers quickly from board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gatekeeper Gargoyle
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Glaive of the Guildpact
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Planar Nexus
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skyserpent Seeker
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zagoth Triome