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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
Arcades, the Strategist (plst) M19-212

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Anthem

Qty: 1 Price: $1.79
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

Anthem

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Draw

Qty: 11 Price: $40.71
Assemble the Players
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Once each turn, you may cast a creature spell with power 2 or less from the top of your library.
Enchantment
Assemble the Players (mkm) 3
Bonded Fetch
Defender, haste
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Homunculus
Bonded Fetch (tsr) 54
Enduring Innocence
Lifelink
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
When Enduring Innocence dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Creature Enchantment - Sheep Glimmer
Enduring Innocence (pdsk) 6p
Flumph
Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.
Creature - Jellyfish
Flumph (afr) 15
Mentor of the Meek
Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Creature - Human Soldier
Mentor of the Meek (j25) 99
Plagon, Lord of the Beach
When Plagon enters, draw a card for each creature you control with toughness greater than its power.
: Target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power this turn.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Starfish
Plagon, Lord of the Beach (j25) 37
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
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield (ltc) 505
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
The Pride of Hull Clade (mkm) 352
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138
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
Welcoming Vampire (mkc) 91

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Evasion

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Delney, Streetwise Lookout
Creatures you control with power 2 or less can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.
If a triggered ability of a creature you control with power 2 or less triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Delney, Streetwise Lookout (mkm) 337
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (blc) 177

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Finisher

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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
Colossus of Akros (ths) 214
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
Towering Titan (tdc) 276

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Land

Qty: 32 (37 w/ MDFC)Price: $327.58
Adarkar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Adarkar Wastes (blc) 291
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, 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
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Bountiful Promenade
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Bountiful Promenade (pclb) 348s
Branchloft Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 284Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 284
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (eoe) 251
Brushland
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Brushland (fic) 377
Canopy Vista
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Forest
Canopy Vista (pip) 255
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (who) 263
Deserted Beach
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deserted Beach (who) 270
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (tdc) 360
Floodfarm Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.
Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 259
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (lci) 402
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
Hengegate Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 293Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 293
Hushwood Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Forest or a Plains.
Land
Hushwood Verge (dsk) 261
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (j22) 101
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Overgrown Farmland
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Overgrown Farmland (plst) MID-265
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (j25) 83
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (tdc) 384
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (ltc) 325
Sea of Clouds
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sea of Clouds (plst) BBD-84
Seaside Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Seaside Citadel (blc) 329
Spara's Headquarters
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Forest
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 355
Temple Garden
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Forest
Temple Garden (pgrn) 258p
Urban Retreat
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
, Return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land
Urban Retreat (spm) 187

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Lifegain

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Huatli, the Sun's Heart
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
−3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Huatli
Huatli, the Sun's Heart (war) 230

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Protection

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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
Bedrock Tortoise (lci) 176
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
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 7
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
Fog Bank (cmm) 848
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
Ghostway (rvr) 308
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (m21) 188
Jeskai Barricade
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Defender
When this creature enters, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.
Creature - Wall
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15
Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage this turn, that damage is dealt to Opal-Eye instead.
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Opal-Eye this turn.
Legendary Creature - Fox Samurai
Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo (bok) 17
Plumeveil
Flash
Defender, flying
Creature - Elemental
Plumeveil (uma) 218
Sejiri Shelter
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (plst) ARB-16
Wall of Shards
Defender, flying
Cumulative upkeep—An opponent gains 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Snow Creature - Wall
Wall of Shards (plst) CSP-23

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Pump

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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
Assault Formation (tdc) 246
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
Walking Bulwark (tdc) 334

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
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
Axebane Guardian (tdc) 248
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (wc98) bs280
Commander's Sphere
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Commander's Sphere (dsc) 244
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 (dsc) 174
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (fic) 302
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 - Plant Wall
Floriferous Vinewall (dmu) 163
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
Gatecreeper Vine (rtr) 124
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (eoc) 101
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (dsc) 193
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
Sunscape Familiar
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wall
Sunscape Familiar (plst) PLS-17
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (fic) 315
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (8ed) 287

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Recursion

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Bala Ged Recovery
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180
Raise the Past
Return all creature cards with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Raise the Past (fdn) 22

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Removal

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Aura Mutation
Destroy target enchantment. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that enchantment's mana value.
Instant
Aura Mutation (scd) 217
Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (blc) 206
Collective Resistance
Escalate
(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Collective Resistance (mh3) 147
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (wc97) jk77
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (fca) 51
Dusk
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (mkc) 61
Kabira Takedown
Kabira Takedown deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19
Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
Creature - Spirit
Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch (bok) 39
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Instant
Nature's Claim (mb2) 69
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 (blc) 147
Retribution of the Meek
Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater. They can't be regenerated.
Sorcery
Retribution of the Meek (vis) 19
Sink into Stupor
Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
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 (cmr) 48
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (tdc) 134
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
The Battle of Bywater (ltr) 2
Witch Enchanter
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

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Tokens

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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
Wingmantle Chaplain (tdc) 141

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Tutor

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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
Shield-Wall Sentinel (dmu) 238

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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.
: Untap target creature.
Enchantment
High Alert (plst) RNA-182

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Deck Info

Deck stats

43 pips - 33 cards
33 mana - 33 cards
16 pips - 12 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
26 pips - 25 cards
25 mana - 25 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 3 cards
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