Defender • (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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Artifact

Qty: 4 Price: $30.46

Meekstone

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

Artifact

$6.99 $5.20 $5.30

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

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$3.99 $1.59 $1.45

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$4.49 $2.65 $2.09

Artifact

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Creature

Qty: 32 Price: $72.74

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

Birds of Paradise

Flying

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Bird

$14.99 $12.29 $11.88

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

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

Guard Gomazoa

Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature.

Creature - Jellyfish

$0.39 $0.27 $0.15

Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature - Illusion Wall

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

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 - Wall

$0.99 $0.35 $0.15

Mentor of the Meek

Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay

. If you do, draw a card.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.99 $0.33 $0.18

Overgrown Battlement

Defender

: Add

for each creature you control with defender.

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.35 $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

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

Shield Sphere

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$11.99 $8.68 $6.68

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

Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature - Human Soldier

$1.99 $1.39 $0.69

Steel Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.99 $0.37 $0.31

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

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

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

Vine Trellis

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Add

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.79 $1.18 $0.89

Walking Bulwark

Defender

: Until end of turn, target creature with defender gains haste, can attack as though it didn't have defender, and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Wall of Blossoms

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.59 $0.31 $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 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 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

Wall of Junk

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.79 $0.30 $0.15

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

Wall of Omens

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature - Wall

$0.39 $0.31 $0.15

Wall of Roots

Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add

. Activate only once each turn.

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.35 $0.32 $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

Wall of Shards

Defender, flying
Cumulative upkeep—An opponent gains 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Snow Creature - Wall

$6.49 $6.08 $3.84

Creature

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Enchantment

Qty: 7 Price: $192.93

Assemble the Players

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Once each turn, you may cast a creature spell with power 2 or less from the top of your library.

Enchantment

$0.99 $0.34 $0.15

Aura Shards

Whenever a creature you control enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment

$20.99 $19.23 $19.20

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

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

$0.49 $0.45 $0.37

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$89.99 $69.59 $64.60

Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay

. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Enchantment

$69.99 $58.47 $54.18

Stoneskin

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

Enchantment - Aura

$3.99 $1.43 $1.29

Enchantment

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Instant

Qty: 13 Price: $315.03

Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.

Instant

$15.99 $16.29 $16.73

Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$4.99 $3.75 $2.62

Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant

$8.99 $6.92 $5.99

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$79.99 $63.43 $61.65

Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$23.99 $22.64 $16.15

Ghostway

Exile each creature you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant

$5.49 $2.88 $2.96

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$17.99 $15.66 $12.50

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of

equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant

$79.99 $56.17 $53.45

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

$2.49 $1.62 $1.13

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$16.99 $10.67 $10.15

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$2.79 $1.69 $1.49

Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant

$54.99 $45.98 $43.24

Tower Defense

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Instant

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Land

Qty: 34 Price: $2308.36

Arid Mesa

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$49.99 $37.97 $34.88

Blighted Woodland

: Add

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

Land

$0.35 $0.40 $0.28

Breeding Pool

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: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Island Forest

$15.99 $8.75 $8.72

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.69 $0.35 $0.21

Exotic Orchard

: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land

$0.59 $0.40 $0.15

Flooded Strand

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$42.99 $27.47 $25.68

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.13 $0.15

Gaea's Cradle

: Add

for each creature you control.

Legendary Land

$1899.99 $1635.37 $1126.69

Hallowed Fountain

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Island

$12.99 $7.33 $5.99

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.19 $0.15

Krosan Verge

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$---- $---- $----

Marsh Flats

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$44.99 $40.15 $35.94

Misty Rainforest

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$64.99 $45.88 $49.48

Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, 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

$0.69 $0.37 $0.20

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Polluted Delta

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$34.99 $29.20 $25.07

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $5.09 $3.82

Savannah

(

: Add

Land - Plains Forest

$---- $---- $----

Scalding Tarn

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$64.99 $44.66 $48.71

Temple Garden

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Forest

$10.99 $6.50 $6.14

Tropical Island

(

: Add

Land - Island Forest

$---- $---- $----

Tundra

(

: Add

Land - Plains Island

$---- $---- $----

Urban Retreat

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

, Return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land

$0.79 $0.64 $0.15

Windswept Heath

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$19.99 $18.21 $17.70

Wooded Foothills

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$29.99 $18.57 $16.80

Land

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Removal

Qty: 1 Price: $47.99

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant

$47.99 $39.43 $38.36

Removal

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Sorcery

Qty: 8 Price: $27.32

Dusk

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.66 $0.15

Fell the Mighty

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

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Nature's Lore

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

Sorcery

$4.49 $2.52 $2.36

Raise the Past

Return all creature cards with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery

$1.79 $0.74 $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

The Battle of Bywater

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery

$4.49 $1.87 $1.69

Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$7.99 $5.81 $5.41

Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery

$6.99 $9.05 $3.60

Sorcery

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Maybeboard

Qty: 12 Price: $47.62

Angelic Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

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

Corrupted Shapeshifter

Devoid (This card has no color.)
As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 creature with flying, a 2/5 creature with vigilance, or a 0/12 creature with defender.

Creature - Shapeshifter Eldrazi

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

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

Ghostly Flicker

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Instant

$2.99 $2.67 $1.33

Riptide Turtle

Flash
Defender

Creature - Turtle

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
Creatures your opponents control without flying or reach can't block creatures with power 2 or less.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

$0.99 $0.35 $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

Tree of Redemption

Defender

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

Creature - Plant

$1.49 $0.65 $0.15

Wall of Glare

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature can block any number of creatures.

Creature - Wall

$0.59 $0.32 $0.15

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

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

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $2,998.32

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.62Total Mana Value: 173.00

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8 mana - 7 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.62Total Mana Value: 173.00

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