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3/17/2025
Defend The Line
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $297.96
Salt sum: 30.52
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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 (plst) M19-212

Commander

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Draw

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Academy Wall

Defender Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Academy Wall (dmu) 41
Bonded Fetch

Defender, haste {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Bonded Fetch (tsr) 54
Dovin's Acuity

When this enchantment enters, you gain 2 life and draw a card. Whenever you cast an instant spell during your main phase, you may return this enchantment to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Dovin's Acuity (rna) 168
Escarpment Fortress

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Other creatures you control get +1/+0. Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.

Creature
Escarpment Fortress (acr) 278
Flumph

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

Creature
Flumph (afr) 15
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
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 (mkm) 172
Wall of Omens

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (mkc) 90

Draw

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Landfall

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Jaddi Offshoot

Defender Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Jaddi Offshoot (ima) 171

Landfall

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Awakening Zone

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Enchantment
Awakening Zone (ncc) 281
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (dsc) 240
Simic Signet

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

Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 57
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (blc) 290

Ramp

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Untap

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Curse of Bounty

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, untap all nonland permanents you control. Each opponent attacking that player untaps all nonland permanents they control.

Enchantment
Curse of Bounty (scd) 178

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Anthem

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

Anthem

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Evasion

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Angelic Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying

Creature
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
Suspicious Bookcase

Defender {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Suspicious Bookcase (dsc) 95

Evasion

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Lifegain

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Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (fdn) 137
Pride Guardian

Defender Whenever this creature blocks, you gain 3 life.

Creature
Pride Guardian (cns) 77
Wall of Essence

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.

Creature
Wall of Essence (m15) 41
Wall of Hope

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you gain that much life.

Creature
Wall of Hope (lgn) 24

Lifegain

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Recursion

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Mnemonic Wall

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67

Recursion

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Bounce

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Jeskai Barricade

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Defender When this creature enters, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15

Bounce

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Finisher

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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

Finisher

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Mill

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Coral Colony

Defender {1}{U}, {T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Coral Colony (dmu) 45
Doorkeeper

Defender {2}{U}, {T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.

Creature
Doorkeeper (plst) IMA-53
Wall of Lost Thoughts

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, target player mills four cards. (They put the top four cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Wall of Lost Thoughts (j25) 384

Mill

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Removal

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Azorius Charm

Choose one — • Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. • Draw a card. • Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Azorius Charm (plst) IMA-192
Bamboo Grove Archer

Defender, reach Channel — {4}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target creature with flying.

Creature Enchantment
Bamboo Grove Archer (neo) 173
Cancel

Counter target spell.

Instant
Cancel (plst) KTK-33
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (blc) 147
Selesnya Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. • Exile target creature with power 5 or greater. • Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.

Instant
Selesnya Charm (cma) 192
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (drc) 37
Wrath of God

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Wrath of God (cmm) 70

Removal

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Counters

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Ludevic's Test Subject

Creature
Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination (isd) 64Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination (isd) 64

Counters

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Instant

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Benefactor's Draught

Untap all creatures. Until end of turn, whenever a creature an opponent controls blocks, draw a card. Draw a card.

Instant
Benefactor's Draught (c16) 21
Fog

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Fog (plst) EMA-167

Instant

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Protection

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Amaranthine Wall

Defender {2}: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature Artifact
Amaranthine Wall (dom) 210
Conqueror's Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Conqueror's Flail (2x2) 302
Crystal Barricade

Defender (This creature can't attack.) You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to other creatures you control.

Creature Artifact
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 7
Fog Bank

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

Creature
Fog Bank (cmm) 848
Fortified Rampart

Defender

Creature
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Glacial Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Creature
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
Hammer of Nazahn

Whenever Hammer of Nazahn or another Equipment you control enters, you may attach that Equipment to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has indestructible. Equip {4}

Artifact
Hammer of Nazahn (cmm) 388
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (acr) 85
Riptide Turtle

Flash Defender

Creature
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
Simic Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. • Permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Simic Charm (cmr) 451
Wall of Denial

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

Creature
Wall of Denial (cmm) 939

Protection

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Sorcery

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Abundant Harvest

Choose land or nonland. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sorcery
Abundant Harvest (cmm) 269
Beneath the Sands

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Beneath the Sands (plst) HOU-111
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Exponential Growth

Until end of turn, double target creature's power X times.

Sorcery
Exponential Growth (stx) 130
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Rampant Growth

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

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (j25) 704

Sorcery

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Creature

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Murmuring Phantasm

Defender

Creature
Murmuring Phantasm (jmp) 157
Seedborn Muse

Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Seedborn Muse (mkc) 186

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Land

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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 (dsc) 261
Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Canopy Vista (blc) 296
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 59
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 290
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (drc) 159
Hinterland Harbor

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (drc) 160
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
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 (dft) 277
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (drc) 167
Rejuvenating Springs

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Seaside Citadel

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

Land
Seaside Citadel (blc) 329
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 (clu) 246
Simic Growth Chamber

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

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dsc) 298
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (blc) 335
Treva's Ruins

When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Treva's Ruins (dmr) 260

Land

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Pump

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Bar the Door

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

Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
Bloodforged Battle-Axe

Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this Equipment. Equip {2}

Artifact
Bloodforged Battle-Axe (pip) 226

Pump

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Tokens

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Thallid Shell-Dweller

Defender At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Creature
Thallid Shell-Dweller (tsr) 237
Wingmantle Chaplain

Defender When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying for each creature with defender you control. Whenever another creature you control with defender enters, create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Wingmantle Chaplain (dmu) 39

Tokens

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Deck Info

Deck stats

23 pips - 22 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
23 pips - 21 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
22 pips - 19 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 4 cards
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