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Thick Defense
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Est deck cost: $121.10
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Commander

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Arcades, the Strategist

Flying, vigilance Whenever a creature you control with defender enters, draw a card. Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
Arcades, the Strategist (tsr) 371

Commander

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Land

Qty: 35 Price: $20.45
Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (clb) 880
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (afc) 224
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (clb) 351
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (eld) 267
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (eld) 255
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (clb) 904
Nimbus Maze

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land
Nimbus Maze (afc) 252
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (und) 87
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (afc) 255
Selesnya Sanctuary

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{W}.

Land
Selesnya Sanctuary (mic) 180
Skycloud Expanse

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Skycloud Expanse (voc) 182
Sungrass Prairie

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{W}.

Land
Sungrass Prairie (afc) 264
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (voc) 187
Thornglint Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Artifact Land
Thornglint Bridge (mh2) 258
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (m21) 258

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (clb) 298
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (afc) 203
Hedron Archive

{T}: Add {C}{C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Hedron Archive (clb) 861
Kite Shield

Equipped creature gets +0/+3. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Kite Shield (plst) M12-210
Mirror Shield

Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has hexproof and "Whenever a creature with deathtouch blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, destroy that creature." Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Mirror Shield (thb) 234
Slagwurm Armor

Equipped creature gets +0/+6. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Artifact
Slagwurm Armor (mrd) 243
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (znc) 120

Artifact

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Planeswalker

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Huatli, the Sun's Heart

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. −3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.

Planeswalker
Huatli, the Sun's Heart (war) 230

Planeswalker

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Creature

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Aegis Turtle

Creature
Aegis Turtle (iko) 39
Arasta of the Endless Web

Reach Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach.

Creature Enchantment
Arasta of the Endless Web (clb) 817
Baldin, Century Herdmaster

As long as it's your turn, each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever Baldin, Century Herdmaster attacks, up to one hundred target creatures each get +0/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Creature
Baldin, Century Herdmaster (sld) 428
Belligerent Brontodon

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Creature
Belligerent Brontodon (plst) XLN-218
Carven Caryatid

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Carven Caryatid (jmp) 382
Charix, the Raging Isle

Spells your opponents cast that target Charix cost {2} more to cast. {3}: Charix gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Charix, the Raging Isle (znr) 49
Crenellated Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {T}: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Crenellated Wall (plst) MMQ-290
Dragon Turtle

Flash Drag Below — When this creature enters, tap it and up to one target creature an opponent controls. They don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Creature
Dragon Turtle (afr) 56
Dragon's Eye Savants

Morph—Reveal a blue card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, look at target opponent's hand.

Creature
Dragon's Eye Savants (ktk) 38
Flumph

Defender, flying Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Flumph (afr) 15
Glacial Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Creature
Glacial Wall (ice) 71
Gluntch, the Bestower

Flying At the beginning of your end step, choose a player. They put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. Choose a second player to draw a card. Then choose a third player to create two Treasure tokens.

Creature
Gluntch, the Bestower (clb) 275
Heliod, God of the Sun

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature. (Each {W} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.) Other creatures you control have vigilance. {2}{W}{W}: Create a 2/1 white Cleric enchantment creature token.

Creature Enchantment
Heliod, God of the Sun (cmm) 826
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Karametra, God of Harvests

Indestructible As long as your devotion to green and white is less than seven, Karametra isn't a creature. Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Enchantment
Karametra, God of Harvests (c20) 218
Meandering Towershell

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever this creature attacks, exile it. Return it to the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking at the beginning of the declare attackers step on your next turn.

Creature
Meandering Towershell (plst) KTK-141
Nightshade Dryad

Deathtouch {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Nightshade Dryad (mh3) 163
Overgrown Battlement

Defender {T}: Add {G} for each creature you control with defender.

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ncc) 303
Overgrown Zealot

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to turn permanents face up.

Creature
Overgrown Zealot (dsk) 193
Rasaad yn Bashir

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever Rasaad yn Bashir attacks, if you have the initiative, double the toughness of each creature you control until end of turn. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Rasaad yn Bashir (clb) 37
Shield Sphere

Defender Whenever this creature blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Shield Sphere (all) 129
Sporeweb Weaver

Reach, hexproof from blue Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you gain 1 life and create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Creature
Sporeweb Weaver (m21) 208
Stalwart Shield-Bearers

Defender Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (mul) 12
The Pride of Hull Clade

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total toughness of creatures you control. Defender {2}{U}{U}: Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0, gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw cards equal to its toughness," and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
The Pride of Hull Clade (pmkm) 172s
Towering Titan

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total toughness of other creatures you control. Sacrifice a creature with defender: All creatures gain trample until end of turn.

Creature
Towering Titan (jmp) 31
Wall of Air

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

Creature
Wall of Air (4ed) 113
Wall of Denial

Defender, flying Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Wall of Denial (plst) ARB-16
Wall of Frost

Defender Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Wall of Frost (plst) MM3-56
Wall of Ice

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Creature
Wall of Ice (4ed) 283
Wall of Mist

Defender

Creature
Wall of Mist (m19) 83
Wall of Omens

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (afc) 77
Wall of Runes

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Wall of Runes (m21) 85
Wall of Swords

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying

Creature
Wall of Swords (2ed) 43
Windreader Sphinx

Flying Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.

Creature
Windreader Sphinx (jmp) 194

Creature

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Sorcery

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Explosive Vegetation

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Explosive Vegetation (dtk) 186
Fell the Mighty

Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (voc) 85
Green Sun's Twilight

Reveal the top X plus one cards of your library. Choose a creature card and/or a land card from among them. Put those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is 5 or more, instead put the chosen cards onto the battlefield or into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sorcery
Green Sun's Twilight (one) 391
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (10e) 288
Slaughter the Strong

Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.

Sorcery
Slaughter the Strong (cmr) 48
Untamed Wilds

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Untamed Wilds (5ed) 335
Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Animate Wall

Enchant Wall Enchanted Wall can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Enchantment
Animate Wall (3ed) 1
Assault Formation

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Assault Formation (jmp) 378
Brave the Sands

Creatures you control have vigilance. Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.

Enchantment
Brave the Sands (ktk) 5
Castle

Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.

Enchantment
Castle (3ed) 8
High Alert

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender. {2}{W}{U}: Untap target creature.

Enchantment
High Alert (rna) 182
Rolling Stones

Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.

Enchantment
Rolling Stones (sth) 11
Stoneskin

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.

Enchantment
Stoneskin (clb) 45

Enchantment

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Instant

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Bar the Door

Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
Disdainful Stroke

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Disdainful Stroke (grn) 37
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (dmu) 58
Shield Wall

Creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Shield Wall (chr) 12
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (dmr) 275
Tower Defense

Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147

Instant

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Deck Info

Deck stats

27 pips - 25 cards
22 mana - 20 cards
24 pips - 18 cards
20 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
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0 mana - 5 cards
25 pips - 21 cards
19 mana - 17 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
10 mana - 7 cards
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