Budget Gates by Acermanta

Format: Commander

Commander: Child of Alara

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Gate ramp strategy led by Child of Alara. The main objective is to accelerate land drops using spells like Circuitous Route, Explore the Underdark, and Hour of Promise to assemble ten uniquely named Gates alongside Maze's End. Once Maze's End untaps, activating its ability wins the game on the spot regardless of opponent life totals. Child of Alara acts as a repeatable emergency reset button when paired with sacrifice spells like Deadly Dispute and Village Rites, sweeping all nonland permanents while leaving the deck's land engine entirely intact. Card draw engines such as Guild Summit and Tatyova, Benthic Druid maintain resource velocity. If Maze's End is exiled, the deck pivots smoothly into lethal combat pressure using Basilisk Gate alongside threats like Gatebreaker Ram, Gate Colossus, and The Necrobloom's token generation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Budoka Gardener // Dokai, Weaver of Life
  • 1 Cartographer's Survey
  • 1 Channel the Suns
  • 1 Child of Alara
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Citadel Gate
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Composite Golem
  • 1 Costly Plunder
  • 1 Crystal Quarry
  • 1 Dawn's Reflection
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 District Guide
  • 1 Door to Nothingness
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Explore the Underdark
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gate Colossus
  • 1 Gatebreaker Ram
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gates Ablaze
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Gleaming Barrier
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gond Gate
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Guild Summit
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Hover Barrier
  • 1 In the Presence of Ages
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Joint Exploration
  • 1 Journey of Discovery
  • 1 Kaleidostone
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Maze's End
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Nine-Fingers Keene
  • 1 Nylea's Intervention
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Pir's Whim
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Reap and Sow
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Sage of the Maze
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Skyshroud Ranger
  • 1 Steel Wall
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Necrobloom
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thran Portal
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Together as One
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Frost