Arcades • (Bant Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49

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.

Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon

$3.49 $3.01 $1.32

Commander

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Anthem

Qty: 1 Price: $1.99

Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature - Human Soldier

$1.99 $1.39 $0.69

Anthem

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Bounce

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Shrieking Drake

Flying
When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature - Drake

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Bounce

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Clones

Qty: 1 Price: $3.99

Wall of Stolen Identity

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Wall in addition to its other types and has defender. When you do, tap the copied creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.

Creature - Shapeshifter Wall

$3.99 $4.00 $2.34

Clones

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Creature

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Wall of Resistance

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if this creature was dealt damage this turn, put a +0/+1 counter on it.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 10 Price: $28.28

Flumph

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

Creature - Jellyfish

$3.49 $2.30 $1.95

Geist of the Archives

Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature - Spirit

$0.39 $0.15 $0.15

Plagon, Lord of the Beach

When Plagon enters, draw a card for each creature you control with toughness greater than its power.

: Target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power this turn.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Starfish

$2.29 $0.94 $0.63

Psychic Membrane

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks, you may draw a card.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, draw a card, then create a 0/3 white Wall creature token with defender.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control with defender gain exalted until end of turn. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)

Legendary Artifact

$14.99 $8.56 $7.65

The Pride of Hull Clade

This spell costs

less to cast, where X is the total toughness of creatures you control.
Defender

: 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.

Legendary Creature - Turtle Crocodile Elk

$2.99 $2.33 $0.83

Wall of Blossoms

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.59 $0.31 $0.15

Wall of Kelp

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Create a 0/1 blue Plant Wall creature token with defender named Kelp.

Creature - Plant Wall

$2.49 $2.40 $1.26

Wall of Mulch

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

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

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Draw

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Evasion

Qty: 3 Price: $1.05

Angelic Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Assassin Den

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It can't be blocked this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

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

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 2 Price: $5.98

Jumbo Cactuar

10,000 Needles — Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +9999/+0 until end of turn.

Creature - Plant

$4.99 $3.75 $3.12

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 - Giant

$0.99 $0.33 $0.15

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 31 Price: $21.39

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.69 $0.30 $0.19

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $---- $----

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $---- $----

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $---- $----

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $5.09 $3.82

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 6 Price: $11.84

Angelic Chorus

Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Enchantment

$6.99 $8.49 $4.40

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.

Legendary Planeswalker - Huatli

$0.69 $0.39 $0.15

Perimeter Captain

Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.

Creature - Human Soldier

$1.79 $0.60 $0.20

Tree of Redemption

Defender

: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.

Creature - Plant

$1.49 $0.65 $0.15

Wall of Essence

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

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Wall of Hope

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

Creature - Wall

$0.39 $0.34 $0.15

Lifegain

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Mill

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Coral Colony

Defender

: 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 - Wall

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Mill

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Protection

Qty: 13 Price: $54.09

Amaranthine Wall

Defender

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.39 $0.22 $0.15

Brave the Sands

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

Enchantment

$6.49 $6.13 $4.66

Consulate Skygate

Defender
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Crashing Drawbridge

Defender

: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact - Wall

$1.49 $1.17 $0.71

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 - Wall

$3.49 $2.10 $0.90

Fog Bank

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

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature - Illusion Wall

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Stoneskin

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

Enchantment - Aura

$3.99 $1.43 $1.29

Teyo, the Shieldmage

You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
−2: Create a 0/3 white Wall creature token with defender.

Legendary Planeswalker - Teyo

$0.39 $0.19 $0.15

The Walls of Ba Sing Se

Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall

$34.99 $24.08 $23.43

Wall of Air

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

Creature - Wall

$0.39 $0.26 $0.15

Wall of Denial

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

Creature - Wall

$0.79 $0.51 $0.33

Wall of Frost

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

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 3 Price: $1.39

Assault Formation

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

: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.

: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.35 $0.15

Bar the Door

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Tower Defense

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 11 Price: $29.31

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$1.29 $0.42 $0.40

Axebane Guardian

Defender

: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.

Creature - Human Druid

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

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

$0.99 $0.40 $0.25

Gatecreeper Vine

Defender
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature - Plant

$0.59 $0.26 $0.15

Gleaming Barrier

Defender
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Overgrown Battlement

Defender

: Add

for each creature you control with defender.

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.35 $0.15

Rampant Growth

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

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.40 $0.38

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power.

: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Legendary Creature - Elf Scout

$6.49 $5.31 $5.09

Shield Sphere

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$11.99 $8.68 $6.68

Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Wall

$3.99 $1.30 $1.02

Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Plant

$1.79 $0.91 $0.78

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Mnemonic Wall

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

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 8 Price: $17.42

Cathedral Membrane

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Defender
When this creature dies during combat, it deals 6 damage to each creature it blocked this combat.

Creature Artifact - Wall Phyrexian

$0.49 $0.20 $0.15

Dusk

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.66 $0.15

Expel the Interlopers

Choose a number between 0 and 10. Destroy all creatures with power greater than or equal to the chosen number.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Keiga, the Tide Star

Flying
When Keiga dies, gain control of target creature.

Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit

$0.69 $0.66 $0.15

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

$0.39 $0.31 $0.15

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$2.79 $1.69 $1.49

Wall of Nets

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
At end of combat, exile all creatures blocked by this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Creature - Wall

$4.99 $5.81 $2.08

Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery

$6.99 $9.05 $3.60

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 1 Price: $6.99

Meekstone

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Artifact

$6.99 $5.20 $5.30

Stax

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Tokens

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70

Infested Roothold

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Protection from artifacts
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, you may create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

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 - Human Cleric

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Tokens

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $0.69

Shield-Wall Sentinel

Defender
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with defender, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$0.69 $0.37 $0.15

Tutor

(CTRL to add secondary)

Untap

Qty: 2 Price: $5.38

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.

: Untap target creature.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.33 $0.15

Intruder Alarm

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures.

Enchantment

$4.99 $4.10 $4.16

Untap

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Maybeboard

Qty: 2 Price: $55.98

Fecund Greenshell

Reach
As long as you control ten or more lands, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control with toughness greater than its power enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

Creature - Elemental Turtle

$0.99 $0.69 $0.15

Last March of the Ents

This spell can't be countered.
Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery

$54.99 $46.16 $47.41

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $195.38

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.10Total Mana Value: 214.00

Quantity of

Anthem

Bounce

Clones

Commander

Creature

Draw

Evasion

Finisher

Land

Lifegain

Mill

Protection

Pump

Ramp

Recursion

Removal

Stax

Tokens

Tutor

Untap

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Production

Cost

34 pips - 27 cards

Production

18 mana - 18 cards

Cost

23 pips - 20 cards

Production

15 mana - 15 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 6 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 6 cards

Cost

21 pips - 18 cards

Production

15 mana - 15 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

1 mana - 1 card

Avg Mana Value: 3.10Total Mana Value: 214.00

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Anthem

Bounce

Clones

Commander

Creature

Draw

Evasion

Finisher

Land

Lifegain

Mill

Protection

Pump

Ramp

Recursion

Removal

Stax

Tokens

Tutor

Untap

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