Discussion of the deck 'the gate' by darknight

In this topic we discuss the deck shown below. What do you think of this deck? Any suggestions for improvement?

this is a first go at trying to use Sciondar Gateway (186), still not sure about that card, i guess i need to save a lot of manner for in effect casting about 3 creatures in a line.
hence the most spells etc for mana gathering and the Dwarf Miner (247), ten tyrants and the frogs help to get rid of an oponents mana, liths are reasonably low priced so as to make them even cheaper with the gateway on the board, admonition is there to get rid of a lot bonuses for the opponent, the temple should help cards i have to discard from the gateway

you know, i was thinking of even more liths, like around 14-16, then 2-3 cloudrunners or something like that to draw cards until i get the gate, (quickly i hope) and muligan if i dont get it a first, then just a few frogs, n miners?

I would add a hero and a betrayer to this deck, e.g. Hilda and Captain Xerabis (256).

And of course, you should make place for some Sleeptrap (58)s.

ha ha, i have one in

, how about removing the canine for xerabis? but how to get in koog? is it worth putting hilda in as the only fire creature, or shall i add more liths do you think?

Well... the fire fields will be empty for your opponent to occupy, so an alone Hilda always works (if you do not have anything better to put there, like Wormak).

i have a womak and a hilda on there way, was thinking the fire fields will be occupied by the liths, i think trying to get the right amount of manner in the bank before summoning the gateway will be the thing, as you effectivly could need to summon 3 liths one after the other, yours/opponents turn, then your own again

Try Biolith Ascension (207) to et out the gate way. If you wanna add fire try Parmetic Deathspeaker (120) she can add a health bonus to gate way. I would also consider Dungeon of Ten Tyrants (47), scion bilith lord, fredonian wanderer or something generates mana when creatures are summoned. I use the gateway a lot and use those combos in order to gain a mana on my opponents turn. That allows you to treat a biolith deck like a resuraction deck and horde mana

lol, did you scroll down the deck list, ascencion is in and so is ten tyrants, i use deathspeaker a lot in other decks, she has worked very well in the past, but trying not to use much fire for a change, my favourite betrayer is kroog, better of dead eh