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Kenny the Magic Gatekeeper
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Est deck cost: $184.08
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Commander

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Kenrith, the Returned King

{R}: All creatures gain trample and haste until end of turn. {1}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. {2}{W}: Target player gains 5 life. {3}{U}: Target player draws a card. {4}{B}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Kenrith, the Returned King (eld) 303

Commander

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Land

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Azorius Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Azorius Guildgate (khc) 107
Baldur's Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.

Land
Baldur's Gate (clb) 345
Basilisk Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Basilisk Gate (clb) 346
Black Dragon Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Black Dragon Gate (clb) 347
Boros Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Boros Guildgate (cmr) 478
Citadel Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Cliffgate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than red. {T}: Add {R} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Cliffgate (clb) 350
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (onc) 151
Dimir Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Dimir Guildgate (znc) 127
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (scd) 349
Gateway Plaza

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Gateway Plaza (plst) GRN-247
Golgari Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Golgari Guildgate (khc) 111
Gond Gate

Gates you control enter untapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.

Land
Gond Gate (clb) 353
Gruul Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Gruul Guildgate (znc) 130
Heap Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Land
Heap Gate (clb) 354
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (scd) 338
Izzet Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Izzet Guildgate (c19) 253
Manor Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than green. {T}: Add {G} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Manor Gate (clb) 356
Maze's End

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Return this land to its owner's hand: Search your library for a Gate card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game.

Land
Maze's End (plst) DGM-152
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (scd) 345
Orzhov Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Orzhov Guildgate (rna) 253
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (scd) 334
Rakdos Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Rakdos Guildgate (c19) 267
Sea Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Sea Gate (clb) 359
Selesnya Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Selesnya Guildgate (znc) 139
Simic Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Simic Guildgate (cmr) 493
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (scd) 342
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
Thran Portal

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. As this land enters, choose a basic land type. This land is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Mana abilities of this land cost an additional 1 life to activate.

Land
Thran Portal (dmu) 259
Throne of the High City

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.

Land
Throne of the High City (cn2) 80

Land

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Artifact

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Glaive of the Guildpact

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each Gate you control and has vigilance and menace. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Glaive of the Guildpact (grn) 236
Navigation Orb

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Navigation Orb (clb) 329

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Circuitous Route

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Circuitous Route (znc) 62
Explore the Underdark

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. You take the initiative.

Sorcery
Explore the Underdark (clb) 232
Feast of Succession

All creatures get -4/-4 until end of turn. You become the monarch.

Sorcery
Feast of Succession (cmr) 127
Forth Eorlingas!

Create X 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to one or more players this turn, you become the monarch.

Sorcery
Forth Eorlingas! (ltc) 139
Gates Ablaze

Gates Ablaze deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of Gates you control.

Sorcery
Gates Ablaze (rna) 102
Open the Gates

Search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Open the Gates (rna) 133

Sorcery

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Creature

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Aragorn, King of Gondor

Vigilance, lifelink When Aragorn enters, you become the monarch. Whenever Aragorn attacks, up to one target creature can't block this turn. If you're the monarch, creatures can't block this turn.

Creature
Aragorn, King of Gondor (ltc) 85
Archivist of Gondor

When your commander deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch. At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card.

Creature
Archivist of Gondor (ltc) 101
Archon of Coronation

Flying When this creature enters, you become the monarch. As long as you're the monarch, damage doesn't cause you to lose life. (When a creature deals combat damage to you, its controller still becomes the monarch.)

Creature
Archon of Coronation (ncc) 192
Azure Fleet Admiral

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. This creature can't be blocked by creatures the monarch controls.

Creature
Azure Fleet Admiral (cmr) 58
Canal Courier

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever this creature and another creature attack different players, this creature can't be blocked this combat.

Creature
Canal Courier (cn2) 28
Champions of Minas Tirith

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay {X}, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.

Creature
Champions of Minas Tirith (ltc) 10
Crimson Fleet Commodore

Trample When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Crimson Fleet Commodore (cmr) 171
Crown-Hunter Hireling

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. This creature can't attack unless defending player is the monarch.

Creature
Crown-Hunter Hireling (plst) CN2-50
Custodi Lich

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Custodi Lich (ncc) 244
Dawnglade Regent

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. As long as you're the monarch, permanents you control have hexproof.

Creature
Dawnglade Regent (cmr) 222
Denethor, Stone Seer

When Denethor enters, scry 2. {3}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Denethor: Target player becomes the monarch. Denethor deals 3 damage to any target.

Creature
Denethor, Stone Seer (ltc) 103
District Guide

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
District Guide (grn) 128
Emberwilde Captain

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
Entourage of Trest

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. This creature can block an additional creature each combat as long as you're the monarch.

Creature
Entourage of Trest (cmr) 224
Faramir, Steward of Gondor

Whenever a legendary creature you control with mana value 4 or greater enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, create two 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.

Creature
Faramir, Steward of Gondor (ltc) 54
Garrulous Sycophant

At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Garrulous Sycophant (cn2) 43
Gate Colossus

Affinity for Gates (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Gate you control.) This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Whenever a Gate you control enters, you may put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Creature Artifact
Gate Colossus (clb) 315
Gatebreaker Ram

This creature gets +1/+1 for each Gate you control. As long as you control two or more Gates, this creature has vigilance and trample.

Creature
Gatebreaker Ram (rna) 126
Gatecreeper Vine

Defender When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
Gateway Sneak

Whenever a Gate you control enters, this creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Gateway Sneak (rna) 40
Greenside Watcher

{T}: Untap target Gate.

Creature
Greenside Watcher (gtc) 122
Jared Carthalion, True Heir

When Jared Carthalion enters, target opponent becomes the monarch. You can't become the monarch this turn. If damage would be dealt to Jared Carthalion while you're the monarch, prevent that damage and put that many +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Jared Carthalion, True Heir (cmr) 281
Keeper of Keys

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, creatures you control can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Keeper of Keys (cn2) 34
Knights of the Black Rose

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Knights of the Black Rose (cn2) 76
Nine-Fingers Keene

Menace Ward—Pay 9 life. Whenever Nine-Fingers Keene deals combat damage to a player, look at the top nine cards of your library. You may put a Gate card from among them onto the battlefield. Then if you control nine or more Gates, put the rest into your hand. Otherwise, put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Nine-Fingers Keene (clb) 289
Palace Jailer

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.

Creature
Palace Jailer (plst) CN2-18
Palace Sentinels

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Palace Sentinels (cmr) 36
Protector of the Crown

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to this creature instead.

Creature
Protector of the Crown (cn2) 21
Queen Marchesa

Deathtouch, haste When Queen Marchesa enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent is the monarch, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with deathtouch and haste.

Creature
Queen Marchesa (plst) CN2-78
Regal Behemoth

Trample When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever you tap a land for mana while you're the monarch, add an additional one mana of any color.

Creature
Regal Behemoth (cn2) 69
Skyline Despot

Flying When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Creature
Skyline Despot (afc) 140
Staunch Throneguard

Vigilance When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature Artifact
Staunch Throneguard (cmr) 344
Thorn of the Black Rose

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Thorn of the Black Rose (cmr) 154
Throne Warden

At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Throne Warden (cn2) 25
Éomer, King of Rohan

Double strike Éomer enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Human you control. When Éomer enters, target player becomes the monarch. Éomer deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Éomer, King of Rohan (ltc) 135

Creature

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Enchantment

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Court of Ambition

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Enchantment
Court of Ambition (cmr) 114
Court of Ardenvale

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand. If you're the monarch, return that permanent card to the battlefield instead.

Enchantment
Court of Ardenvale (woc) 21
Court of Bounty

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you're the monarch, instead you may put a creature or land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Court of Bounty (cmr) 220
Court of Cunning

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Enchantment
Court of Cunning (cmr) 63
Court of Embereth

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, this enchantment deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 24
Court of Garenbrig

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, distribute two +1/+1 counters among up to two target creatures. Then if you're the monarch, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Court of Garenbrig (woc) 25
Court of Grace

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. If you're the monarch, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying instead.

Enchantment
Court of Grace (onc) 62
Court of Ire

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target. If you're the monarch, it deals 7 damage instead.

Enchantment
Court of Ire (cmr) 170
Court of Locthwain

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with this enchantment without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Court of Locthwain (woc) 23
Court of Vantress

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, choose up to one other target enchantment or artifact. If you're the monarch, you may create a token that's a copy of it. If you're not the monarch, you may have this enchantment become a copy of it, except it has this ability.

Enchantment
Court of Vantress (woc) 22
Crackling Perimeter

Tap an untapped Gate you control: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Crackling Perimeter (gtc) 88
Fall from Favor

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature and you become the monarch. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step unless that player is the monarch.

Enchantment
Fall from Favor (cmr) 68
Guild Summit

When this enchantment enters, you may tap any number of untapped Gates you control. Draw a card for each Gate tapped this way. Whenever a Gate you control enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Guild Summit (grn) 41
Hold the Gates

Creatures you control get +0/+1 for each Gate you control and have vigilance.

Enchantment
Hold the Gates (gtc) 16
Marchesa's Decree

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Marchesa's Decree (cn2) 44
Way of the Thief

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2. Enchanted creature can't be blocked as long as you control a Gate.

Enchantment
Way of the Thief (gtc) 56

Enchantment

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Sideboard

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (onc) 125
Archway Angel

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 2 life for each Gate you control.

Creature
Archway Angel (plst) RNA-3
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (onc) 127
Garrison Sergeant

This creature has double strike as long as you control a Gate.

Creature
Garrison Sergeant (grn) 172
Gatekeeper Gargoyle

Flying This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each Gate you control.

Creature Artifact
Gatekeeper Gargoyle (grn) 235
Gateway Shade

{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Tap an untapped Gate you control: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Gateway Shade (gtc) 65
Ogre Jailbreaker

Defender This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as you control a Gate.

Creature
Ogre Jailbreaker (mm3) 80
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140

Sideboard

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Armory Guard

This creature has vigilance as long as you control a Gate.

Creature
Armory Guard (ddl) 12
Crown of Empires

{3}, {T}: Tap target creature. Gain control of that creature instead if you control artifacts named Scepter of Empires and Throne of Empires.

Artifact
Crown of Empires (plst) M12-203
Fealty to the Realm

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, you become the monarch. The monarch controls enchanted creature. Enchanted creature attacks each combat if able and can't attack you.

Enchantment
Fealty to the Realm (ltc) 104
Opal Lake Gatekeepers

When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, you may draw a card.

Creature
Opal Lake Gatekeepers (plst) DGM-16
Plaza of Harmony

When this land enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 3 life. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any type that a Gate you control could produce.

Land
Plaza of Harmony (rna) 254
Saruli Gatekeepers

When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 7 life.

Creature
Saruli Gatekeepers (dgm) 48
Scepter of Empires

{T}: This artifact deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. It deals 3 damage instead if you control artifacts named Crown of Empires and Throne of Empires.

Artifact
Scepter of Empires (m12) 216
Smelt-Ward Gatekeepers

When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Smelt-Ward Gatekeepers (dgm) 39
Sunspire Gatekeepers

When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.

Creature
Sunspire Gatekeepers (dgm) 9
Throne of Empires

{1}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Create five of those tokens instead if you control artifacts named Crown of Empires and Scepter of Empires.

Artifact
Throne of Empires (m12) 221
Ubul Sar Gatekeepers

When this creature enters, if you control two or more Gates, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Creature
Ubul Sar Gatekeepers (dgm) 30
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (scd) 287

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Deck Info

Deck stats

21 pips - 17 cards
16 mana - 15 cards
17 pips - 14 cards
13 mana - 12 cards
14 pips - 10 cards
16 mana - 15 cards
16 pips - 13 cards
15 mana - 14 cards
18 pips - 14 cards
16 mana - 15 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
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{"ops":[{"insert":"A fun $100 budget deck, Fully make use of returning the Monarch back to Kenrith. That being said the main win condition is maze’s end. Otherwise try to make as many cheesy and bad uncomfortable puns as possible for returning the throne to kenny. Keep a runny tally like “Kenry the VIII” “ken hard 3 with a vengeance.” Etc.\n"}]}
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