Arcades • (Bant Commander deck) • Archidekt

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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

$3.49 $2.75 $1.39

Commander

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature - Human Soldier

$2.29 $0.91 $0.45

Anthem

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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

$6.49 $4.71 $3.41

Blink

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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

$3.49 $4.17 $2.50

Clones

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Ludevic's Test Subject

Defender

: Put a hatchling counter on this creature. Then if there are five or more hatchling counters on it, remove all of them and transform it.

Creature - Lizard Egg

Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination (isd) 64

$0.69 $0.30 $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

$0.69 $0.31 $0.15

Creature

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Geist of the Archives

Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature - Spirit

$0.39 $0.17 $0.15

Guardian Project

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Enchantment

$9.99 $9.84 $9.28

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

$11.99 $8.35 $7.28

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

$3.99 $2.56 $1.26

Tocasia's Welcome

Whenever one or more creatures you control with mana value 3 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment

$2.79 $1.97 $1.72

Wall of Blossoms

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.59 $0.31 $0.15

Wall of Kelp

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Create a 0/1 blue Plant Wall creature token with defender named Kelp.

Creature - Plant Wall

$2.29 $2.38 $1.16

Wall of Omens

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Draw

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Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$2.29 $0.83 $0.78

Evasion

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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 $1.48 $0.80

Preposterous Proportions

Creatures you control get +10/+10 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

Sorcery

$1.79 $0.93 $0.45

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 $0.48 $0.23

Finisher

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Access Tunnel

: Add

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

Land

$0.99 $0.43 $0.39

Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$8.99 $5.85 $4.85

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.69 $0.30 $0.20

Fabled Passage

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land

$14.99 $17.46 $17.19

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.17 $0.15

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.19 $0.15

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Rejuvenating Springs

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$4.99 $3.80 $3.62

Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$15.99 $11.95 $11.71

Seaside Citadel

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.59 $0.48 $0.20

Thawing Glaciers

This land enters tapped.

: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Return this land to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Land

$32.99 $27.15 $17.53

Tranquil Landscape

: Add

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

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land

$0.35 $---- $0.37

Land

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Tree of Redemption

Defender

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

Creature - Plant

$1.99 $1.73 $1.08

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 - Spirit Wall

$0.69 $1.81 $0.41

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

$18.99 $19.30 $17.09

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 $0.22 $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 $1.68 $0.95

Dazzling Ramparts

Defender

: Tap target creature.

Creature - Wall

$0.35 $0.17 $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

$0.39 $0.24 $0.15

Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature - Illusion Wall

$0.69 $0.31 $0.15

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$5.99 $5.30 $5.06

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

$0.49 $0.34 $0.15

Riptide Turtle

Flash
Defender

Creature - Turtle

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

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

$0.79 $1.05 $0.27

Stoneskin

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

Enchantment - Aura

$3.99 $1.50 $0.90

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

$3.49 $2.78 $2.07

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.

Legendary Planeswalker - Teyo

$0.59 $0.19 $0.15

The Walls of Ba Sing Se

Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall

$37.99 $25.64 $18.74

Wall of Denial

Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature - Wall

$0.69 $0.51 $0.32

Wall of Glare

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

Creature - Wall

$0.69 $0.54 $0.20

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

$2.29 $3.34 $0.90

Protection

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Crenellated Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact - Wall

$0.35 $0.33 $0.16

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

$0.79 $0.40 $0.21

Tower Defense

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Pump

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.65 $0.39

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 $0.20 $0.15

Cultivate

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

$0.79 $0.54 $0.40

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

$3.49 $2.07 $1.66

Overgrown Battlement

Defender

: Add

for each creature you control with defender.

Creature - Wall

$0.49 $0.34 $0.22

Rampart Architect

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a 1/3 white Wall creature token with defender.
Whenever a creature you control with defender dies, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature - Advisor Elephant

$0.49 $0.33 $0.15

Saruli Caretaker

Defender

, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Dryad

$0.79 $0.28 $0.15

Shield Sphere

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

Creature Artifact - Wall

$14.99 $8.37 $5.71

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.70 $1.32

Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Wall

$2.99 $3.81 $0.69

Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Plant

$2.29 $1.51 $0.94

The Birth of Meletis

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
II — Create a 0/4 colorless Wall artifact creature token with defender.
III — You gain 2 life.

Enchantment - Saga

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Vine Trellis

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Add

Creature - Plant Wall

$0.79 $1.17 $0.67

Ramp

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Beast Within

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

Instant

$0.99 $---- $0.66

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$4.49 $3.69 $2.36

Dusk

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.39 $0.26

Immolating Glare

Destroy target attacking creature.

Instant

$0.35 $0.06 $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

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$2.79 $1.93 $1.30

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

$6.49 $5.47 $2.55

Removal

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Meekstone

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

Artifact

$11.99 $12.06 $7.90

Stax

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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

$1.29 $0.29 $0.15

Tokens

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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

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

$0.49 $0.35 $0.15

Untap

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $298.70

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.14Total Mana Value: 204.00

Quantity of

Anthem

Blink

Clones

Commander

Creature

Draw

Evasion

Finisher

Land

Lifegain

Protection

Pump

Ramp

Removal

Stax

Tokens

Tutor

Untap

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Production

Cost

29 pips - 24 cards

Production

17 mana - 17 cards

Cost

15 pips - 13 cards

Production

15 mana - 15 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 5 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 5 cards

Cost

20 pips - 18 cards

Production

20 mana - 20 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

4 mana - 3 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.14Total Mana Value: 204.00

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Creature

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Pump

Ramp

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Tokens

Tutor

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