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Arcades, the Strategist
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $291.96
Salt Sum: 24.37
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Commander

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Arcades, the Strategist

Flying, vigilance Whenever a creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, 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.

Creature
Arcades, the Strategist (m19) 212
1

Anthem

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
1

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
1

Bounce

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Jeskai Barricade

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Defender When Jeskai Barricade enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15
1

Clones

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Wall of Stolen Identity

You may have Wall of Stolen Identity enter the battlefield 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 Wall of Stolen Identity.

Creature
Wall of Stolen Identity (c19) 13
1

Creature

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Fortified Rampart

Defender

Creature
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
1
Riptide Turtle

Flash Defender

Creature
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
1
The Pride of Hull Clade

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total toughness of creatures you control. Defender {2}{U}{U}: 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.

Creature
The Pride of Hull Clade (mkm) 172
1

Draw

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Carven Caryatid

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When Carven Caryatid enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Carven Caryatid (jmp) 382
1
Flumph

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

Creature
Flumph (afr) 15
1
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When Wall of Blossoms enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (jmp) 442
1
Wall of Junk

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When Wall of Junk blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Creature Artifact
Wall of Junk (dmr) 240
1
Wall of Mulch

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {G}, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Mulch (m15) 208
1
Wall of Omens

Defender When Wall of Omens enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (mkc) 90
1
Wall of Runes

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When Wall of Runes enters the battlefield, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Creature
Wall of Runes (m21) 85
1

Enchantment

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Vault 75: Middle School

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile all creatures with power 4 or greater. II, III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Vault 75: Middle School (pip) 27
1

Evasion

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Angelic Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying

Creature
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
1
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

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

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (cmm) 126
1

Land

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Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (otc) 270
1
Breeding Pool

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As Breeding Pool enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Breeding Pool (rvr) 275
1
Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) Canopy Vista enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Canopy Vista (mkc) 252
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (otc) 280
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (otc) 292
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (otc) 293
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (otj) 285
4
Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
1
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rvr) 280
1
Hedge Maze

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) Hedge Maze enters the battlefield tapped. When Hedge Maze enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Hedge Maze (mkm) 262
1
Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (otc) 300
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (otj) 279
3
Lush Portico

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) Lush Portico enters the battlefield tapped. When Lush Portico enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Lush Portico (mkm) 263
1
Meticulous Archive

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Meticulous Archive enters the battlefield tapped. When Meticulous Archive enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (otj) 277
7
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (mkc) 281
1
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (otc) 312
1
Seaside Citadel

Seaside Citadel enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (mkc) 288
1
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) Spara's Headquarters enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
1
Sunpetal Grove

Sunpetal Grove enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (xln) 257
1
Temple Garden

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

Land
Temple Garden (rvr) 290
1
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (otc) 336
1

Lifegain

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Angelic Chorus

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Enchantment
Angelic Chorus (bbd) 87
1
Perimeter Captain

Defender Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.

Creature
Perimeter Captain (wwk) 16
1
Tree of Redemption

Defender {T}: Exchange your life total with Tree of Redemption's toughness.

Creature
Tree of Redemption (a25) 191
1

Protection

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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 all colors until end of turn.

Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
1
Brave the Sands

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

Enchantment
Brave the Sands (cm2) 19
1
Crashing Drawbridge

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

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (cmm) 944
1
Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Eerie Interlude (khc) 22
1
Heroic Intervention

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

Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
1
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (otc) 260
1
Stoneskin

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

Enchantment
Stoneskin (clb) 45
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (otc) 268
1
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
1
Wall of Denial

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

Creature
Wall of Denial (cmm) 939
1
Wall of Frost

Defender Whenever Wall of Frost blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Wall of Frost (mm3) 56
1
Wall of Glare

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

Creature
Wall of Glare (uds) 25
1
Wall of Tanglecord

Defender {G}: Wall of Tanglecord gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Creature Artifact
Wall of Tanglecord (som) 222
1
Weathered Sentinels

Defender, vigilance, reach, trample Weathered Sentinels can attack players who attacked you during their last turn as though it didn't have defender. Whenever Weathered Sentinels attacks, it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Weathered Sentinels (ncc) 85
1

Pump

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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
1
Bar the Door

Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
1
Tower Defense

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

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
1
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
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (otc) 252
1
Axebane Guardian

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

Creature
Axebane Guardian (rtr) 115
1
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
Cultivate (lcc) 235
1
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (rvr) 138
1
Overgrown Battlement

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

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ncc) 303
1
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (otc) 201
1
Shield Sphere

Defender Whenever Shield Sphere blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Shield Sphere (all) 129
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (otc) 267
1
Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Green spells and blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Sunscape Familiar (pls) 17
1
Sylvan Caryatid

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

Creature
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180
1
Vine Trellis

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
1
Wall of Roots

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

Creature
Wall of Roots (ncc) 319
1

Recursion

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Mnemonic Wall

Defender When Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (ima) 67
1

Removal

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Aura Shards

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment
Aura Shards (cmd) 182
1
Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (lcc) 233
1
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
1
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (mkc) 61
1
Fell the Mighty

Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (mkc) 65
1
Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (lcc) 128
1
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
1
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
Slaughter the Strong (clb) 43
1
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (mkc) 88
1

Sorcery

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Another Round

Exile any number of creatures you control, then return them to the battlefield under their owner's control. Then repeat this process X more times.

Sorcery
Another Round (otj) 1
1

Stax

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Meekstone

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

Artifact
Meekstone (7ed) 307
1

Tokens

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Wingmantle Chaplain

Defender When Wingmantle Chaplain enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying for each creature with defender you control. Whenever another creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Wingmantle Chaplain (dmu) 39
1

Tutor

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Shield-Wall Sentinel

Defender When Shield-Wall Sentinel enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card with defender, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Shield-Wall Sentinel (dmu) 238
1

Untap

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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. {2}{W}{U}: Untap target creature.

Enchantment
High Alert (rna) 182
1

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