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.
How Nine-Fingers Keene decks play in EDH
Nine-Fingers Keene is a Sultai commander in blue, black and green costing 1BGU, and its legendary creature - human rogue line shapes the whole deck around it. The payoff is combat damage, so evasion and extra-combat effects matter more than raw power. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones Nine-Fingers Keene decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $37.86Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (4)
Creatures (9)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Nine-Fingers Keene decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Nine-Fingers Keene deck?
Nine-Fingers Keene has a Sultai colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue, black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Nine-Fingers Keene?
The cards played most often in Nine-Fingers Keene decks include Through the Forest Gate, Hexhaven Invigorator, Marwyn, the Preserver. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Nine-Fingers Keene deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $37.86 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Nine-Fingers Keene deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.