[Top 5] MTG Arena Best Gate Decks!

MTG Arena Best Gate Decks, MTGa Best Gate Decks

Updated:

04 Nov 2020

Did somebody say they liked Ravinca? It is time to talk about gates! During 2019 the Nicol Bolas arc that had been built up since kaladesh had come to a close. The battle was set in the citywide plane of Ravnica. Two sets were printed focusing on the ten guilds that formed up the color pairings of the game. These sets brought back the return of Guildgates. Players quickly took notice of the synergy the guilds had with cards in the set. Turns out certain cards love having as many guild gates out as you can get. And so, players began to brew. Their efforts amounted to the gate decks you see on this list, enjoy!

5) Gate Colossus Ramp

Is that shovel knight?

Due to the cards focusing all on a specific set you are going to be seeing many rebeats. The all star of the gates decks was an 8/8 artifact creature construct known as the Colossus. The deck is built to deploy gates and use the stacked fences you have placed to destroy and power up your spells. Things like gates ablaze that burns equal to the amount of gates you have are reasons why this meme became a meta consuming mything tier challenge.

What makes this deck fun?

Prismatic deck
Major gate ramp
Plays big bombs fast
The more gates you have the stronger it gets
One of the top decks in standard while it was legal

How the deck is played

Deploy your lands and gain access to your colors
Deploy as many gates as you can
This allows you to not only mana ramp but gate stack
Search out as many gates as you can to stack them up high
Exploit the fact you have ten gates on board and swing with the colossus for game

Cards

1 Banefire

3 Azorius Guildgate

2 Boros Guildgate

4 Izzet Guildgate

4 Selesnya Guildgate

4 Simic Guildgate

4 Gruul Guildgate

2 Open the Gates

6 Forest

4 Hydroid Krasis

2 Expansion // Explosion

4 Growth Spiral

4 Deafening Clarion

2 Gatebreaker Ram

4 Circuitous Route

4 Gate Colossus

4 Gates Ablaze

2 Ixalan Binding

4)Gates Control

Controlling gates is always lit

Every time a theme emerges in standard there is always a control player looking to stop the fun. Ravnica standard saw many gates opened but this deck told everyone to shut those gates, and slammed them closed again. This deck does ramp but not because it needs to cast spells, it is because no opponent should be allowed to cast spells during your game. Solitaire is a great game to play and that is exactly what control decks allow you to do. Play at risk of being labeled that one control player by everyone you face online.

What makes this deck fun?

27 lands
Allows you and only you to have fun
Burn anything that stands in your way
Ramp with ease
Plays every color but black because you don’t need to remove what can’t resolve

How this deck is played

Deploy lands and hit those gates
Spam out the gates
Use the mana the gates provide to counter and burn everything
Allow the gate stack you make to empower your spells to control your opponent
Use your burn to set aflame the board and your opponent

Cards

4 Izzet Guildgate

4 Plaza of Harmony

4 Selesnya Guildgate

4 Simic Guildgate

1 Temple Garden

3 Azorius Guildgate

1 Breeding Pool

4 Gruul Guildgate

2 Forest

4 Gate Colossus

2 Knight of Autumn

4 Gatebreaker Ram

4 Hydroid Krasis

4 Circuitous Route

3 Deafening Clarion

4 Gates Ablaze

4 Growth Spiral

4 Guild Summit

3)Golos Gates

Golos feared not the zombies but the ban list that would alter his fate

Standard when m20 dropped marked a change in power level for MTG. Golos was one of the reasons bannings have become commonplace in standard magic. Golos allows you to exile the top three cards of your library and play them for free. Yes that effect is awesome, and yes, it costs a ton of mana. That is why the ramp gates provide, in addition to that, golos himself searches out lands. Nothing is more satisfying then throwing down primal calamity incarnate for free of an ability of a creature.

What makes this deck fun?

Free cast spells
Ramps way to fast for its own good
Golos became 10% of every deck played in brawl for his effect
Was one of the top decks in standard
Allowed you to manipulate the top cards of your deck to let golos hit value

How this deck is played

Deploy gates because basics are not needed
Ramp hard and search out lands til you have 5 mana
Play golos and hit your sixth land
Search out and deploy lands til you have 8 mana
Start free casting spells like crazy until you play your bombs and win

Cards

3 Gruul Guildgate

1 Verdant Sun's Avatar

1 Cavalier of Gales

4 Plaza of Harmony

4 Gateway Plaza

3 Simic Guildgate

1 Golgari Guildgate

1 Rakdos Guildgate

1 Orzhov Guildgate

2 Izzet Guildgate

1 Azorius Guildgate

1 Dimir Guildgate

1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar

3 Selesnya Guildgate

1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

4 Guild Summit

4 Circuitous Route

1 Zacama, Primal Calamity

4 Gatebreaker Ram

3 Gate Colossus

4 Gates Ablaze

4 Growth Spiral

3 Archway Angel

4 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger

2)Historic Gate Mill combo

Combos brought to you by the insight of the Izzet Guild

This deck was built using the card pool of historic and abuses it. The last thing any problematic cards need, is a larger card pool to find more pieces to make the problems multiply. Mill is a strategy that is hard to fight against and extremely difficult to out pace. Watch your opponent's library just get dumped in their grave yard.

What makes this deck fun?

Turn two win
Plenty of removal
Aggressive obnoxious ramp
Three color deck
Can reload your deck if you run out of cards

How this deck is played

Deploy gates
Ramp up with those gates to have mana
Remember they cant counter your spells if they can't draw cards
Mill them just load up that graveyard
Oh are you running out of cards, use clear the mind to reload your mill and mill them down to nothing

Cards

4 Cast Down

2 Golgari Guildgate

3 Gateway Plaza

4 Dimir Guildgate

4 Orzhov Guildgate

4 Azorius Guildgate

2 Clear the Mind

3 Growth Spiral

4 Vraska's Contempt

3 Shimmer of Possibility

1 Cry of the Carnarium

4 Revitalize

1 Scapeshift

3 Selesnya Guildgate

3 Psychic Corrosion

4 Simic Guildgate

2 Kaya's Wrath

2 Cleansing Nova

4 Guild Summit

4 Assassin's Trophy

1)Teferi Gates

The master of time walks through many gates

Before the war of the spark, Dominaria was introduced to the plane of Ravnica. Teferi the Hero of Dominara was used to make a controlling, ramping, gate focused deck that allowed the power of all five colors to be the dominating force in standard for a long time. Teferi still has caused a ruckus since he rotated out and we fear he will return to give extra turns. You all know how this goes but Teferi gets number one because gates during Dominara standard were overpowered and more than 10% of what was actually played.

What makes this deck fun?