Defender Deck • (Abzan Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $6.49

Felothar the Steadfast

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.

, Sacrifice another creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness, then discard cards equal to its power.

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

$6.49 $2.75 $1.84

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 $1.44 $0.71

Anthem

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Artifact

Qty: 3 Price: $6.97

Captain America's Shield

Indestructible
Equipped creature gets +0/+8 and has vigilance.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$1.99 $1.62 $0.58

Colfenor's Urn

Whenever a creature with toughness 4 or greater is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may exile it.
At the beginning of the end step, if three or more cards have been exiled with this artifact, sacrifice it. If you do, return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.37 $0.15

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

$4.49 $2.84 $1.91

Artifact

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Creature

Qty: 8 Price: $10.84

Arboreal Grazer

Reach
When this creature enters, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Creature - Beast Sloth

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Crashing Drawbridge

Defender

: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact - Wall

$1.49 $1.11 $0.77

Doran, Besieged by Time

Each creature spell you cast with toughness greater than its power costs

less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the difference between its power and toughness.

Legendary Creature - Druid Treefolk

$0.49 $0.52 $0.15

Ghalta the Immovable

This spell costs

less to cast, where X is the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender.
Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur

$0.69 $0.33 $0.15

Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper

Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Legendary Creature - Wizard Snake

$0.99 $0.55 $0.29

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 $0.32 $0.15

Welcoming Vampire

Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature - Vampire

$5.49 $3.15 $3.11

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 $0.25 $0.15

Creature

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Drain

Qty: 1 Price: $5.49

Tree of Perdition

Defender

: Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.

Creature - Plant

$5.49 $2.57 $1.82

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 8 Price: $17.08

Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature - Elf Druid

$8.49 $4.89 $3.85

Cast Away Doubt

Draw two cards. Cast Away Doubt deals 2 damage to each player.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Harmonize

Draw three cards.

Sorcery

$0.39 $0.21 $0.15

Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink
Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

$0.99 $0.38 $0.15

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$1.99 $---- $6.82

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment

$3.49 $2.51 $3.15

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.30 $0.19

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 $0.26 $0.15

Draw

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Enchantment

Qty: 2 Price: $2.64

Behind the Scenes

Creatures you control have skulk. (They can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

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

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.36 $0.15

Jaws of Defeat

Whenever a creature you control enters, target opponent loses life equal to the difference between that creature's power and its toughness.

Enchantment

$2.29 $0.97 $0.57

Enchantment

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.39

Towering Viewpoint

Defender, reach
Leap of Faith —

: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.39 $0.22 $0.15

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $0.99

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 $0.32 $0.15

Finisher

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Instant

Qty: 4 Price: $5.06

Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant

$2.99 $1.64 $1.75

Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant

$0.59 $0.39 $0.21

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.69 $0.26 $0.15

Wall Off

This spell costs

less to cast for each creature your opponents control.
Create a 0/4 colorless Wall creature token with defender. You gain 4 life.

Instant

$0.79 $0.29 $0.15

Instant

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Land

Qty: 37 Price: $24.85

Access Tunnel

: Add

: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$0.79 $0.56 $0.57

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.79 $0.28 $0.17

Concealed Courtyard

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.

: Add

Land

$2.29 $0.93 $0.80

Deceptive Landscape

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Swamp, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Escape Tunnel

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

, Sacrifice this land: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Evolving Wilds

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.39 $0.18 $0.15

Forest

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: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.25 $0.15

Murmuring Bosk

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may reveal a Treefolk card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land - Forest

$0.99 $0.36 $0.26

Overgrown Farmland

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

: Add

Land

$1.99 $0.93 $0.57

Plains

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: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Sandsteppe Citadel

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.34 $0.22

Swamp

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: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Vernal Fen

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: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Swamp Forest

$1.29 $0.49 $0.37

Woodland Cemetery

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.

: Add

Land

$1.79 $1.01 $0.67

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 2 Price: $4.78

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

$3.49 $3.18 $1.56

Tree of Redemption

Defender

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

Creature - Plant

$1.29 $0.71 $0.15

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 8 Price: $44.76

Consulate Skygate

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

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 $2.03 $1.03

Eland Umbra

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+4.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.34 $0.15

Fortified Rampart

Defender

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Stoneskin

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

Enchantment - Aura

$4.49 $1.38 $1.02

The Walls of Ba Sing Se

Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall

$34.99 $24.45 $23.72

Treefolk Umbra

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Wall of Tanglecord

Defender

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.39 $0.40 $0.15

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 3 Price: $1.09

Oathsworn Giant

Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +0/+2 and have vigilance.

Creature - Soldier Giant

$0.39 $0.17 $0.15

Tower Defense

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

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 $0.33 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $8.14

Abzan Monument

When this artifact enters, search your library for a basic Plains, Swamp, or Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Create an X/X white Spirit creature token, where X is the greatest toughness among creatures you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.60 $0.35

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 $0.30 $0.15

Overgrown Battlement

Defender

: Add

for each creature you control with defender.

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.34 $0.21

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.55 $1.34

Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$0.59 $0.33 $0.19

Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Plant

$1.79 $0.97 $1.04

Vine Trellis

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Add

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.79 $1.18 $0.79

Ramp

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Removal

Qty: 7 Price: $14.55

Abzan Charm

Choose one —
• Exile target creature with power 3 or greater.
• You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
• Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Instant

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant

$2.29 $1.01 $0.91

Meltstrider's Resolve

Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, enchanted creature fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Merciless Eviction

Choose one —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all planeswalkers.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.66 $0.25

Return to Nature

Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile target card from a graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.31 $0.15

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$2.79 $0.97 $0.82

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery

$7.49 $4.92 $4.85

Removal

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Sorcery

Qty: 4 Price: $2.02

Chelonian Tackle

Target creature you control gets +0/+10 until end of turn. Then it fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $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 $0.29 $0.15

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Reunion of the House

Return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Reunion of the House.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.39 $0.15

Sorcery

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $0.59

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

$0.59 $0.37 $0.15

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $158.72

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.16Total Mana Value: 199.00

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Anthem

Artifact

Commander

Creature

Drain

Draw

Enchantment

Evasion

Finisher

Instant

Land

Lifegain

Protection

Pump

Ramp

Removal

Sorcery

Tutor

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25 pips - 22 cards

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19 mana - 19 cards

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0 mana - 4 cards

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18 pips - 17 cards

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16 mana - 16 cards

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0 mana - 4 cards

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24 pips - 20 cards

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21 mana - 21 cards

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4 mana - 3 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.16Total Mana Value: 199.00

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