Land (27)
Creature (10)
Instant (6)
Sorcery (12)
Planeswalker (2)
Enchantment (3)
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This is my current four color guildgate deck on MTG Arena. I started this deck on 2/23/2019 in preseason 2. This deck is built for both BO1 and BO3 constructed ranked. I Will be updating this deck as I continue to farm. Hit me up on MTGA Enral if you are looking for a playtest buddy!
Mulligan
In a way, this deck pilots like a Tron deck where early game is all about the setup to get to an obscene amount of mana. Therefore mulligan decisions should be based around that. Mulligan strategy is generally for BO1 play where I am assuming that mono red or aggro is very common. I generally want to see at least 2 lands with supporting colors for Gates Ablaze / Growth Spiral . Having Growth Spiral in the opening hand can lead to some explosive turns. Having Plaza of Harmony in the opening hand or early turns is a bonus for buying me another turn against burn. Gatebreaker Ram is amazing in aggro matchups and can also stifle early mono-red aggression.
Sequencing
The effectiveness of the deck depends heavily on sequencing and punishes significantly if the sequence of play is wrong. This is because this deck doesn't really take off till turn 6 and has to try to survive and stabilize for the first 5 turns before turning the game around. Knowing the meta well is key to increasing the win rate as it will help a lot with sequencing the right plays.
Card Choices
The GRN & RNA set introduces a bunch of amazing cards for guildgates support which makes this archetype viable for competitive play. The main glue of the deck is Growth Spiral which essentially removes the downside of playing CIPT lands. I'm also testing out a playset of Shimmer of Possibility to increase the reliability and consistency of finding the right lands or cards for the situation. I've included 6 sources of boardwipes in this deck to ensure that I will draw it early game. There's more in the sideboard if I were to pilot it in BO3. There's 7 sources of card draw which ensures that I will have superior card advantage over my opponent at any given time. The 1-of inclusion of Banefire acts as a late game uncounterable finisher especially in a stalled boardstate. Gate Colossus is insane against control due to its recurability.
The following sideboard decisions are based off of the current meta's popular decks in BO3 (2/25/2019):
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Guildgates (Mirror) = In a mirror match Mass Manipulation is pretty good and often ends with an auto-concession. Negate is also excellent in the mirror.
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Nexus = In this matchup permissions are very important and I usually want to board in all of the Negate / Disdainful Stroke for Nexus of Fate and Wilderness Reclamation . Crushing Canopy is also a decent sideboard to deal with Search for Azcanta , Wilderness Reclamation , and Hydroid Krasis .
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Mono Red = We are not favored pre-sideboard even with some lifegain from Plaza of Harmony / Hydroid Krasis because they are so fast and now have ways to refuel their hands with Light Up the Stage . I'd board in Negate for their burn spells and Lava Coil for the creatures.
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Mono White/Azorious Aggro = This deck is pretty favored against aggro and should have no problem pre-sideboard. Post-board I would add in all of the Lava Coil for early interaction.
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Gruul Riot = This is a new deck that has seen some pretty popular play recently. The hasty creatures can give me quite a bit of trouble early game before I can stabilize. Lava Coil is a must in this matchup to deal with Rekindling Phoenix as well as early aggression.
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Sultai Midrange = This is basically an evolution of Golgari Midrange with the introduction of Hydroid Krasis . This matchup is pretty grindy but I am generally favored post-board. Mass Manipulation is great for auto-concession. Lava Coil is fantastic in disabling their recursion engine. Disdainful Stroke is good for Krasis as well as their planeswalkers.
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Aristocrats = I haven't encounter much of this deck yet but it seems to have surge in popularity recently. Lava Coil is great in disabling their recursion engine.
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Control = I am generally favored in this matchup especially with the printing of Gate Colossus (board one more in). Boardwipes are pretty much useless in this matchup and most should be boarded out. Negate is the MVP in this matchup and Crushing Canopy can deal with their Lyra Dawnbringer that they usually board in as well as Search for Azcanta .
2/24/19: -1x Archway Angel +1x Cleansing Nova
2/25/19: -1x Gate Colossus +1x Archway Angel
2/26/19: Major changes -2x Archway Angel -1 Hydroid Krasis -1x Cleansing Nova -1x Stomping Ground +1 Gate Colossus +4x Shimmer of Possibility
5/1/2019: Major changes from splash to to test out +2x Liliana, Dreadhorde General and +2x Vraska's Contempt
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| Date added | 5 years |
| Last updated | 5 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Standard legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 5 - 1 Mythic Rares 10 - 3 Rares 18 - 5 Uncommons 26 - 6 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.18 |
| Tokens | Zombie 2/2 B |
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