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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.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Arcades, the Strategist (plst) M19-212

Commander

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

Anthem

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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 - Wall
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15

Bounce

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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
Wall of Stolen Identity (c19) 13

Clones

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Ajani, Valiant Protector
+2: Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.
+1: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−11: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is your life total. That creature gains trample until end of turn.
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
Ajani, Valiant Protector (aer) 185

Counters

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Carven Caryatid
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Spirit
Carven Caryatid (tdc) 250
Flumph
Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.
Creature - Jellyfish
Flumph (afr) 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
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield (ltc) 505
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
The Pride of Hull Clade (mkm) 172
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
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
Wall of Junk (dmr) 240
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138
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
Wall of Runes (m21) 85

Draw

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Aggressive Mammoth
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Other creatures you control have trample.
Creature - Elephant
Aggressive Mammoth (fdn) 551
Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (tle) 170
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (fra) 221
Towering Viewpoint
Defender, reach
Leap of Faith —
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Towering Viewpoint (acr) 77

Evasion

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Craterhoof Behemoth
Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Creature - Beast
Craterhoof Behemoth (tdm) 138
Darksteel Colossus
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature.)
If Darksteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Darksteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Darksteel Colossus (fdn) 671

Finisher

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Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 236
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (msc) 240
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mh2) 489
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mh2) 484
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mh2) 482
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (hoc) 212
Spara's Headquarters
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Forest
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (msc) 828

Land

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Leyline of Vitality
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Leyline of Vitality (m11) 183
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (plst) WWK-16
Tree of Redemption
Defender
: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Redemption (tdc) 97

Lifegain

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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
Akroma's Will (m3c) 165
Brave the Sands
Creatures you control have vigilance.
Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.
Enchantment
Brave the Sands (plst) CM2-19
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
Corrupted Shapeshifter (mh3) 56
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (tdc) 316
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
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 - Wall
Fog Bank (fdn) 591
Fortified Rampart
Defender
Creature - Wall
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (pip) 202
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Leyline of Anticipation
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
You may cast spells as though they had flash.
Enchantment
Leyline of Anticipation (clb) 726
Leyline of Lifeforce
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creature spells can't be countered.
Enchantment
Leyline of Lifeforce (gpt) 90
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (msc) 202
Resolute Watchdog
Defender
, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Creature - Dog
Resolute Watchdog (rna) 19
Riptide Turtle
Flash
Defender
Creature - Turtle
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
Steel Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Steel Wall (ddf) 41
Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (msc) 216
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
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall
The Walls of Ba Sing Se (tla) 261
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (cmm) 939
Wall of Frost
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Frost (plst) MM3-56
Wall of Glare
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature can block any number of creatures.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Glare (plst) UDS-25
Wall of Tanglecord
Defender
: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Wall of Tanglecord (som) 222
Weathered Sentinels
Defender, reach, vigilance, trample
This creature can attack players who attacked you during their last turn as though it didn't have defender.
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Weathered Sentinels (tdc) 336

Protection

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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
Assault Formation (tdc) 246
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (tdc) 275
Unnatural Growth
At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.
Enchantment
Unnatural Growth (inr) 223
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
Walking Bulwark (tdc) 334

Pump

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (msc) 191
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
Axebane Guardian (tdc) 248
Azorius Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Azorius Signet (tdc) 312
Emerald Medallion
Green spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Emerald Medallion (mh3) 291
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
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
Kodama's Reach
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 - Arcane
Kodama's Reach (ecc) 113
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (msc) 177
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Pearl Medallion
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 294
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (fic) 313
Sapphire Medallion
Blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 296
Selesnya Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Selesnya Signet (tdc) 324
Shield Sphere
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Shield Sphere (all) 129
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Sunscape Familiar
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wall
Sunscape Familiar (plst) PLS-17
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (msc) 222
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (msc) 181
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
Wall of Roots
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add
. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Roots (tdc) 278

Ramp

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Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (msc) 169
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
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
Cyclonic Rift (rvr) 313
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (mkc) 65
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (msc) 143
Worldslayer
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy all permanents other than this Equipment.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Worldslayer (m12) 222

Removal

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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
Wingmantle Chaplain (tdc) 141

Tokens

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Drift of Phantasms
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Spirit
Drift of Phantasms (rvr) 314
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
Shield-Wall Sentinel (dmu) 238

Tutor

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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
High Alert (plst) RNA-182

Untap

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Deck Info

Deck stats

24 pips - 24 cards
17 mana - 17 cards
21 pips - 18 cards
17 mana - 17 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
35 pips - 25 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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