Astral Golos (Cycling Gates)

Commander / EDH* Theme/Gimmick

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Land (41)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Boon of the Wish-Giver
• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Conflux
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Reshape the Earth
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Sweltering Suns
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Wargate

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Astral Drift
• 1x Astral Slide
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Chamber of Manipulation
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Kismet
• 1x New Perspectives
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Instant (6)

• 1x Barrier Breach
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Neutralize
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Wilt

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Abandoned Sarcophagus
• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Door to Nothingness
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (11)

• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Brallin, Skyshark Rider  ^Flip
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Gavi, Nest Warden
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1x Rielle, the Everwise
• 1x Shabraz, the Skyshark  ^Flip
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x The Scarab God

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Herald of the Forgotten
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

Artifact (2)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Door to Nothingness

Instant (6)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Countervailing Winds
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Scarab Feast

Land (2)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Inventors' Fair

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Idyllic Tutor

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Story Circle

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Maybeboard

Creature (20)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x District Guide
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ley Weaver
• 1x Lore Weaver
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Vedalken AEthermage
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Yarok, the Desecrated
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Escape Protocol
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Tectonic Reformation
• 1x Terra Eternal

Land (13)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Plaza of Harmony
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Limits of Solidarity
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Open the Gates
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Terminus

Artifact (12)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Firemind Vessel
• 1x Fluctuator
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Mana Cylix
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite

Instant (10)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Angelsong
• 1x Censor
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Expunge
• 1x Lull
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• 1x Saheeli Rai

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RIP GOLOS, deck is retired and moved to Garth with wheel support instead of gates.

5 Color Astral Slide with a Maze's End wincon. Fairly Budget, SUPER flavorful, but not a dedicated gates deck. Astral Slide was a card that has alot of nostalgia and with the printing of Golos and Astral Drift, this theme finally had some wincon that feels perfect together! I know there is a better way to build the deck with just all the cycle lands and real interaction pieces, but I enjoying using cards that have no place in other decks, so please no suggestions towards that.

After a ton of games in, I shored up some of the problems. It's alot of fun and astral slide is a Kill On Site which is respectable. Deck is functioning pretty good without it, and by no surprise, Field of the Dead has been very good for protection.

Field of the Dead, Maze's End, Maze of Ith, Hall of Heliod's Generosity, and some gate to fix colors have been lands to fetch first in that prioroty.

Back up to maze's end being shut off is Approach of the Second Sun, ping/drains from cycling or Finale of Devastation with a bunch of tokens.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 4 Mythic Rares 50 - 10 Rares 13 - 4 Uncommons 28 - 5 Commons
Cards	105
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dinosaur Cat 2/2 RW, Drake 2/2 U, Insect 1/1 UR, Shark X/X U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Ideas