I'll walk a thousand miles to the maze's end

Commander / EDH Combo Control Five Color Lands Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

Enral

Land (44)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plaza of Harmony
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Explore
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip
• 1x Urban Evolution
• 1x Walk the Aeons

Creature (11)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x The Gitrog Monster

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Guild Summit
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (8)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Wrenn and Six

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A Thousand Miles

The Deck

This is my Maze's End lands-matter deck helmed by Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. I started off playing angry Omnath which introduced me to the world of landfall mechanics and moved on to a four color landfall deck as I experimented with other colors. Dominaria and then return to ravnica introduced a slew of lands and gates matter cards which pushed me over to transition into a five color Maze's End deck. At that time, there isn't any specific 5 color lands-matter commander so I have Child of Alara as the commander. With core 2020, this deck and its vision is finally realized with Golos, Tireless Pilgrim.

Strategy

As you may have noticed, I am running an abnormally high amount of basics for a 5 color deck. This is because Golos is colorless and I will be able to fix my colors with any lands I tutor for after casting him. The key is to get to five mana asap early game to get the ball rolling. The first land I tutor for is dependent on the table. If it is heavy in black or green, I will usually tutor for Volrath's Stronghold due to a high likelihood of removals. I will usually activate his ability before I play a land and if I have an Exploration effect in play in order to play multiple lands off his exile zone and not leave them in limbo.

I run a plethora of mana rocks to quickly ramp into Golos. The mana rocks also facilitate in allowing me to activate Golos's ability earlier.

Notable Synergies

Synergies

• Drownyard Temple works really well with The Gitrog Monster, Constant Mists, and Crucible of Worlds + Glacial Chasm (or any other land recursion engine)
• Amulet of Vigor combos with every CIPT land but essentially able to turbo ramp into a win with Maze's End and any extra land engine.
• Golos, Tireless Pilgrim + Rite of Replication = Search for 5 lands with RoR kicked.
• Perplexing Chimera + Homeward Path = Chimera soft lock to force opponents into making suboptimal plays. The best way to do it is to let Chimera trigger resolve to exchange control. Before the original spell resolves (which you now control), activate Homeward Path getting your Chimera back. Finally, let the controlled opponent's original spell resolve. You'll get to take control of as many non-creature spells as you want this way, but only 1 creature.

Win Conditions

Win Conditions

• Maze's End + 10 guildgates = Win the game on the spot with Amulet of Vigor
• Thespian's Stage + Dark Depths = 20/20 indestructible flying Marit Lage token
• Walk the Aeons + Crucible of Worlds/Ramunap Excavator + Azusa, Lost but Seeking + three Islands = Infinite turns
• Walk the Aeons + Mystic Sanctuary + Crucible of Worlds/Ramunap Excavator + Squandered Resources/Sylvan Safekeeper/The Gitrog Monster = Infinite turns

Notable Exclusions

Notable Exclusions

• Growth Spiral/Explore: Mixed results from testing and I either love or hate it.
• Knight of the Reliquary: I'm generally not a fan of creatures that have a strict requirement (forests/plains) and can't activate abilities the turn they come into play.
• Reap and Sow/Pir's Whim/Expedition Map: With a land tutor in the commandzone, these cards are not needed anymore. I used to run them in Child of Alara. Any clone or flicker effect essentially does the same thing more efficiently.
• Zuran Orb: Limited uses in my deck and more useful for landfall strategies.
• Riftsweeper: This is on my radar and synergies pretty well with Golos' ability if he exiles an important gate or spell. The only thing is that he does absolutely nothing by himself and is highly situational.
• Roil Elemental: This is on my radar but I would have to find space to test it out.
• Congregation at Dawn: Useful for combo decks or deck with fatties but mediocre in my build.
• Conjurer's Closet: It's a great card for etb effects but at 5 cmc it does compete with my commander for casting on curve.

Please upvote if you like the deck!

Top Ranked	Achieved #31 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Crucible of Worlds + Glacial Chasm Golos, Tireless Pilgrim + Rite of Replication
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Emblem Wrenn and Six, Marit Lage, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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