Defender Deck • (Bant Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Gates Defenders Toughness Alternate Wincon

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Gates Defenders Toughness Alternate Wincon

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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 $3.09 $1.32

Commander

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Anthem

Qty: 5 Price: $5.37

Always Watching

Nontoken creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Enchantment

$2.29 $2.16 $1.09

Castle

Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.21 $0.15

Hold the Gates

Creatures you control get +0/+1 for each Gate you control and have vigilance.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature - Human Soldier

$1.99 $1.47 $0.70

Veteran Armorer

Other creatures you control get +0/+1.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.08 $0.15

Anthem

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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 $3.74 $2.44

Clones

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Counters

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Darksteel Reactor

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
When this artifact has twenty or more charge counters on it, you win the game.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Counters

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Creature

Qty: 4 Price: $1.40

Clinging Anemones

Defender
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature - Jellyfish

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Minamo Scrollkeeper

Defender
Your maximum hand size is increased by one.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Wall of One Thousand Cuts

Defender, flying

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

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Wishful Merfolk

Defender

: This creature loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.

Creature - Merfolk

$0.35 $0.31 $0.15

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 3 Price: $18.57

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 $8.59 $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 $2.30 $1.09

Wall of Blossoms

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Draw

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Enchantment

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Guardian Zendikon

Enchant land
Enchanted land is a 2/6 white Wall creature with defender. It's still a land.
When enchanted land dies, return that card to its owner's hand.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.10 $0.15

Enchantment

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.39

Peregrine Mask

Equipped creature has defender, flying, and first strike.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.39 $0.25 $0.18

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 3 Price: $8.57

Colossus of Akros

Defender, indestructible

: Monstrosity 10. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put ten +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has trample and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$2.29 $1.91 $0.73

Faithbound Judge

Defender, flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has two or fewer judgment counters on it, put a judgment counter on it.
As long as this creature has three or more judgment counters on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Disturb

Creature - Soldier Spirit

Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment (vow) 12

$1.29 $1.08 $0.47

The Millennium Calendar

Whenever you untap one or more permanents during your untap step, put that many time counters on The Millennium Calendar.

: Double the number of time counters on The Millennium Calendar.
When there are 1,000 or more time counters on The Millennium Calendar, sacrifice it and each opponent loses 1,000 life.

Legendary Artifact

$4.99 $4.37 $3.59

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 21 Price: $29.37

Azorius Guildgate

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land - Gate

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Baldur's Gate

: Add

: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.

Legendary Land - Gate

$5.49 $3.31 $2.31

Basilisk Gate

: Add

: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land - Gate

$0.59 $0.35 $0.15

Citadel Gate

This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than white.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land - Gate

$2.79 $1.57 $1.06

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

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

Gateway Plaza

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay

: Add one mana of any color.

Land - Gate

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Gond Gate

Gates you control enter untapped.

: Add

: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.

Land - Gate

$2.49 $2.04 $1.42

Heap Gate

: Add

: Add one mana of any color.

, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Land - Gate

$0.69 $0.37 $0.17

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

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

Manor Gate

This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than green.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land - Gate

$1.49 $0.95 $0.97

Maze's End

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Return this land to its owner's hand: Search your library for a Gate card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game.

Land

$0.99 $0.32 $0.15

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

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

Plaza of Harmony

When this land enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 3 life.

: Add

: Add one mana of any type that a Gate you control could produce.

Land

$0.49 $0.53 $0.31

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $4.71 $4.26

Sea Gate

This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than blue.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land - Gate

$2.49 $1.15 $0.66

Selesnya Guildgate

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land - Gate

$0.39 $0.13 $0.15

Simic Guildgate

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land - Gate

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Thran Portal

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
As this land enters, choose a basic land type.
This land is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Mana abilities of this land cost an additional 1 life to activate.

Land - Gate

$0.99 $0.96 $0.52

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 3 Price: $9.17

Angelic Chorus

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

Enchantment

$6.99 $1.78 $1.99

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

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

Doorkeeper

Defender

: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.

Creature - Homunculus

$0.35 $0.34 $0.15

Mill

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Protection

Qty: 27 Price: $84.49

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

Bedrock Tortoise

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof.
Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Creature - Turtle

$2.49 $1.48 $0.76

Brave the Sands

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

Enchantment

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

Consulate Skygate

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact

$10.99 $8.72 $8.02

Echo Circlet

Equipped creature can block an additional creature each combat.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Entangler

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can block any number of creatures.

Enchantment - Aura

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

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

Foriysian Interceptor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Defender
This creature can block an additional creature each combat.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$7.49 $6.37 $5.28

Glacial Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Gomazoa

Defender, flying

: Put this creature and each creature it's blocking on top of their owners' libraries, then those players shuffle.

Creature - Jellyfish

$0.59 $0.43 $0.15

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

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.99 $0.48 $0.37

Palace Guard

This creature can block any number of creatures.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Pariah's Shield

All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to equipped creature instead.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$7.99 $9.50 $10.24

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.49 $2.24 $2.35

Slagwurm Armor

Equipped creature gets +0/+6.
Equip

(

: 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 - Equipment

$0.99 $1.29 $0.31

Spidersilk Armor

Creatures you control get +0/+1 and have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)

Enchantment

$1.99 $0.84 $0.62

Spidersilk Net

Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Stoneskin

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

Enchantment - Aura

$3.99 $1.38 $1.29

Surge of Salvation

You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. Prevent all damage that black and/or red sources would deal to creatures you control this turn.

Instant

$0.69 $0.43 $0.23

The Walls of Ba Sing Se

Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall

$34.99 $23.79 $22.71

Vanguard's Shield

Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and can block an additional creature each combat.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.12 $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 Tanglecord

Defender

: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.35 $0.35 $0.15

Wall of Vines

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

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

$1.99 $1.00 $0.88

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 11 Price: $9.91

Accorder's Shield

Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Aegis of the Heavens

Target creature gets +1/+7 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.37 $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 $0.34 $0.21

Builder's Blessing

Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Guardians of Akrasa

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Sight of the Scalelords

At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control with toughness 4 or greater get +2/+2 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment

$1.29 $0.54 $0.25

Solidarity

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

Instant

$0.49 $0.24 $0.16

Tower Defense

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Unnatural Growth

At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.

Enchantment

$4.99 $3.83 $3.19

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 $0.28 $0.15

Warmonger's Chariot

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature has defender, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $10.80

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

Circuitous Route

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

Sorcery

$0.39 $0.19 $0.15

Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$5.49 $4.89 $2.54

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

Golden Guardian

Defender

: This creature fights another target creature you control. When this creature dies this turn, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Creature Artifact - Golem

Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison (rix) 179

$2.79 $2.29 $1.23

Obelisk of Bant

: Add

, or

Artifact

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Open the Gates

Search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Overgrown Battlement

Defender

: Add

for each creature you control with defender.

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.35 $0.23

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 2 Price: $1.14

Elixir of Immortality

: You gain 5 life. Shuffle this artifact and your graveyard into their owner's library.

Artifact

$0.79 $1.05 $0.41

Gate Colossus

Affinity for Gates (This spell costs

less to cast for each Gate you control.)
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Whenever a Gate you control enters, you may put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Creature Artifact - Construct

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 3 Price: $5.33

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

Ghostly Possession

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.08 $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 $1.82 $1.71

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 1 Price: $2.79

Frozen Aether

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment

$2.79 $3.66 $1.51

Stax

(CTRL to add secondary)

Tokens

Qty: 1 Price: $3.99

Sprouting Phytohydra

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature - Plant Hydra

$3.99 $3.76 $1.65

Tokens

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Untap

Qty: 2 Price: $0.84

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

Tidewater Minion

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: This creature loses defender until end of turn.

: Untap target permanent.

Creature - Elemental Minion

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Untap

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $200.80

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.11Total Mana Value: 246.00

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Anthem

Clones

Commander

Counters

Creature

Draw

Enchantment

Evasion

Finisher

Land

Lifegain

Mill

Protection

Pump

Ramp

Recursion

Removal

Stax

Tokens

Untap

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Production

Cost

36 pips - 29 cards

Production

16 mana - 14 cards

Cost

15 pips - 14 cards

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16 mana - 14 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

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0 mana - 8 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

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0 mana - 8 cards

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19 pips - 16 cards

Production

17 mana - 15 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

7 mana - 7 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.11Total Mana Value: 246.00

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