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Defenders of the Abzanverse
Deck Size: 100
Commander
Est deck cost: $584.90
Salt sum: 31.48
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Commander

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Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Flying, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, put a number of +1/+1 counters on up to one other target creature you control equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Return up to one target creature card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you lost this turn from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Betor, Ancestor's Voice (tdc) 1

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Creature

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Archers' Parapet

Defender {1}{B}, {T}: Each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Archers' Parapet (ktk) 128
Barrier of Bones

Defender When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Barrier of Bones (grn) 61
Blight Pile

Defender {2}{B}, {T}: Each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.

Creature
Blight Pile (dmu) 82
Cathedral Membrane

({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.) Defender When this creature dies during combat, it deals 6 damage to each creature it blocked this combat.

Creature Artifact
Cathedral Membrane (nph) 5
Crashing Drawbridge

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (cmm) 944
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
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 7
Doran, the Siege Tower

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

Creature
Doran, the Siege Tower (2x2) 201
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
Fecund Greenshell (blb) 171
Gleaming Barrier

Defender When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature Artifact
Gleaming Barrier (2xm) 257
Hornet Nest

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Hornet Nest (c21) 192
Jaddi Offshoot

Defender Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Jaddi Offshoot (ima) 171
Pride Guardian

Defender Whenever this creature blocks, you gain 3 life.

Creature
Pride Guardian (cns) 77
Resolute Watchdog

Defender {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Resolute Watchdog (rna) 19
Shield Sphere

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

Creature Artifact
Shield Sphere (all) 129
Souls of the Faultless

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

Creature
Souls of the Faultless (gpt) 131
Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
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
Towering Titan (jmp) 31
Traproot Kami

Defender; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Traproot Kami's toughness is equal to the number of Forests on the battlefield.

Creature
Traproot Kami (bok) 147
Tree of Perdition

Defender {T}: Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.

Creature
Tree of Perdition (emn) 109
Walking Bulwark

Defender {2}: 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
Walking Bulwark (dmu) 241
Wall of Corpses

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {B}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target creature this creature is blocking.

Creature
Wall of Corpses (mir) 151
Wall of Glare

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

Creature
Wall of Glare (uds) 25
Wall of Hope

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

Creature
Wall of Hope (lgn) 24
Wall of Omens

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (2x2) 33
Wall of Reverence

Defender, flying At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.

Creature
Wall of Reverence (uma) 41
Wall of Roots

Defender Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add {G}. Activate only once each turn.

Creature
Wall of Roots (ncc) 319
Wall of Souls

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent or planeswalker.

Creature
Wall of Souls (sth) 75
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
Wingmantle Chaplain (dmu) 39

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Planeswalker

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Teyo, Geometric Tactician

When Teyo enters, create a 0/4 white Wall creature token with defender and flying. +1: You and target opponent each draw a card. −2: Choose left or right. Until your next turn, each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.

Planeswalker
Teyo, Geometric Tactician (cmm) 725
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.

Planeswalker
Teyo, the Shieldmage (war) 32

Planeswalker

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+1/+1

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Abzan Ascendancy

When this enchantment enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Abzan Ascendancy (2x2) 165
Ajani Goldmane

+1: You gain 2 life. −1: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn. −6: Create a white Avatar creature token. It has "This token's power and toughness are each equal to your life total."

Planeswalker
Ajani Goldmane (m11) 1
Ajani, the Greathearted

Creatures you control have vigilance. +1: You gain 3 life. −2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.

Planeswalker
Ajani, the Greathearted (war) 184
Arwen, Weaver of Hope

Each other creature you control enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Arwen's toughness.

Creature
Arwen, Weaver of Hope (ltc) 35
Cathars' Crusade

Whenever a creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (jmp) 95
Felidar Retreat

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Create a 2/2 white Cat Beast creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Felidar Retreat (cmm) 821

+1/+1

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Enchantment

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Angelic Chorus

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

Enchantment
Angelic Chorus (bbd) 87
Assault Formation

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Assault Formation (jmp) 378
Doubling Season

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead. If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

Enchantment
Doubling Season (cmm) 283
Gravity Well

Whenever a creature with flying attacks, it loses flying until end of turn.

Enchantment
Gravity Well (roe) 185
Mirari's Wake

Creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.

Enchantment
Mirari's Wake (cmm) 928

Enchantment

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 104
Axebane Guardian

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

Creature
Axebane Guardian (rtr) 115
Floriferous Vinewall

Defender When this creature enters, look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Floriferous Vinewall (dmu) 163
Overgrown Battlement

Defender {T}: Add {G} for each creature you control with defender.

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ncc) 303
Saruli Caretaker

Defender {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Saruli Caretaker (rna) 139
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
Sporocyst

Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Defender Spore Chimney — When this creature enters, search your library for up to X basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sporocyst (40k) 98
Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180

Ramp

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Artifact

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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.)

Artifact
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield (ltc) 505

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Instant

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Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Assassin's Trophy (mkm) 187
Heroic Intervention

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

Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
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
Path to Exile (otc) 85
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (dsc) 106

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Sorcery

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Damning Verdict

Destroy all creatures with no counters on them.

Sorcery
Damning Verdict (ncc) 15
Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant
Sudden Spoiling (tsr) 144

Sorcery

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Card Advantage

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Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature
Beast Whisperer (khc) 54
Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 6
Flumph

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

Creature
Flumph (afr) 15
Inspiring Call

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (lcc) 244
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
Last March of the Ents (ltr) 172
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (moc) 259
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
Read the Bones (cmm) 182
Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Sorcery
Syphon Mind (scd) 111

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (lcc) 320
Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (2xm) 312
Castle Garenbrig

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest. {T}: Add {G}. {2}{G}{G}, {T}: Add six {G}. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.

Land
Castle Garenbrig (eld) 240
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (pip) 259
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (lcc) 329
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (lci) 401
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
Indatha Triome

({T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Indatha Triome (iko) 248
Marsh Flats

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

Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 248
Overgrown Tomb

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Overgrown Tomb (grn) 253
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (lci) 393
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (lcc) 348
Sandsteppe Citadel

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.

Land
Sandsteppe Citadel (cmm) 1024
Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (xln) 257
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (lci) 398
Temple Garden

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Temple Garden (grn) 258
Undergrowth Stadium

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Undergrowth Stadium (cmm) 435
Vault of Champions

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 436
Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Vault of the Archangel (lcc) 367
Verdant Catacombs

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

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
Windswept Heath

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

Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248

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Maybeboard

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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.)

Creature
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper (cm2) 11
Rolling Stones

Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.

Enchantment
Rolling Stones (8ed) 38
Wall of Essence

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

Creature
Wall of Essence (sth) 22
Weathered Sentinels

Defender, vigilance, reach, 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
Weathered Sentinels (ncc) 85

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Deck Info

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32 pips - 28 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
16 pips - 14 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
33 pips - 27 cards
25 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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