Baby Gates

Commander / EDH Indestructible Lands Sacrifice

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Gates (20)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Baldur's Gate
• 1x Basilisk Gate
• 1x Black Dragon Gate
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Citadel Gate
• 1x Cliffgate
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Gond Gate
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Heap Gate
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Manor Gate
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Sea Gate
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate

Fixing (11)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plaza of Harmony
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Toolbox (6)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Diamond Pick-Axe
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Summer Bloom
• 1x Titania's Command

Utility Lands (18)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Restless Bivouac
• 1x Restless Cottage
• 1x Restless Fortress
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tolaria West

Creatures (13)

• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Kaldra Compleat
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vashta Nerada

Basics (5)

• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Swamp

Commander (1)

Card Draw (13)

• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Nasty End
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x Village Rites

Tutors (10)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Navigation Orb
• 1x Open the Gates
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Winning (3)

• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Reshape the Earth
• 1x Scapeshift

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Sideboard

Alternate Commander (1)

• 1x Garth One-Eye

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The goal of the deck is to activate Maze's End while you have nine or more gates in play, thus winning the game on the spot. That's basically the win condition, with everything else being tailored to set this up, protect you long enough to set this up, or create enough distractions that need to be dealt with while you set this up. Thanks to the new gates from the Baldur's Gate set, this is actually possible to make happen naturally if things drag on long enough, but with Scapeshift and Reshape the Earth, and numerous ways to tutor for these cards, you can close things out pretty quickly.

Aside from granting access to the whole color pie, Child of Alara is essentially a board wipe on demand, with plenty of ways to sacrifice it as needed if things get out of control. The few non-land permanents that are in the deck are indestructible, surviving the aftermath of the exploding cosmic baby. Half the deck is lands, so having enough mana to reliably cast the commander even after tax is rarely an issue. Beyond that, the deck itself doesn't present a massive threat to the table in and of itself, but after 2 or 3 board wipes with the commander, you'll start to become something of a target regardless. While there are a couple of manlands here, and Field of the Dead can keep spitting out zombies for you, it will be a slog to try and win via brute force. The deck just doesn't have the weight behind to win via combat. The exploding baby trick is generally pretty good at neutralizing any major threats though, giving you enough time to actually find your win cards to close things out.

If you are playing with people that aren't having any fun because of the constant board wipes (I mean, I get it...), you can swap the commander out for Garth One-Eye. The overall strategy is the same as far as the win con, but it slows things down considerably and greatly reduces the general power level of the deck. There isn't really any interaction in the deck since constantly sacrificing the baby eliminates the need for it, so keep that in mind. Your few creatures are indestructible, but you'll be relatively defenseless otherwise. This is personally the only time I will ever be able to play a legal Black Lotus (even if it's just a token copy) however, so it's a fun tradeoff.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Food, Marit Lage, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B