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Commander

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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
Arcades, the Strategist (tsr) 371
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Anthem

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Always Watching
Nontoken creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
Enchantment
Always Watching (plst) SOI-1
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $3.58
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $1.66

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Artifact

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Warmonger's Chariot
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature has defender, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Warmonger's Chariot (jmp) 490
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$0.35 $0.33

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Blink

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Hallowed Respite
Exile target nonlegendary creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it entered under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Otherwise, tap it.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Hallowed Respite (mid) 227
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Blink

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Clones

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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
Wall of Stolen Identity (c19) 13
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Clones

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Draw

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Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (tle) 155
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $1.43
Consider
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Consider (tle) 157
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.22
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
Geist of the Archives (emn) 62
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.29
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Opt (inv) 64
Color tag templates(None)
$2.29 $1.33
Portcullis Vine
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
,
, Sacrifice a creature with defender: Draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Portcullis Vine (m21) 195
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.10
Preordain
Scry 2, then draw a card. (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
Preordain (tdc) 161
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $0.65
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) 172
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Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.28
Wall of Mulch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mulch (ons) 298
Color tag templates(None)
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Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (fca) 27
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26

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Evasion

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Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
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Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (tle) 170
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.16
Wall of One Thousand Cuts
Defender, flying
: This creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
Creature - Wall
Wall of One Thousand Cuts (mh1) 36
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.09

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $36.22
Brokers Hideout
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Brokers Hideout (snc) 248
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $0.84
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (eoc) 59
Color tag templates(None)
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Deserted Beach
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deserted Beach (inr) 276
Color tag templates(None)
$8.49 $5.69
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (eoc) 159
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$0.69 $0.35
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (ice) 380
Color tag templates(None)
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Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (ice) 369
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.80
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (dom) 253
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.14
Promising Vein
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land - Cave
Promising Vein (lci) 279
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.24
Temple of Enlightenment
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Enlightenment (eoc) 186
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.29
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (eoc) 62
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Thriving Grove
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than green.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land
Thriving Grove (tle) 261
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Thriving Heath
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land
Thriving Heath (tle) 262
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.15
Thriving Isle
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land
Thriving Isle (tle) 263
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$0.35 $0.15

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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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$0.35 $0.47
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (wwk) 16
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$1.29 $1.50
Wall of Essence
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Essence (m15) 41
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$0.35 $0.29

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Protection

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Angelic Shield
Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Enchantment
Angelic Shield (inv) 228
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.30
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
Color tag templates(None)
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Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (eld) 217
Color tag templates(None)
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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 (fdn) 591
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.12
Spidersilk Armor
Creatures you control get +0/+1 and have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)
Enchantment
Spidersilk Armor (mmq) 273
Color tag templates(None)
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Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
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$2.99 $1.85
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
Treefolk Umbra (mh1) 185
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.25
Wall of Air
Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Air (10e) 124
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.32
Wall of Brambles
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Brambles (5ed) 338
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (arb) 16
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.48
Wall of Mist
Defender
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mist (grn) 58
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.10
Wall of Tanglecord
Defender
: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Wall of Tanglecord (som) 222
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.39

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Pump

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Aegis of the Heavens
Target creature gets +1/+7 until end of turn.
Instant
Aegis of the Heavens (jmp) 79
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.15
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 (dtk) 173
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.67
Belligerent Brontodon
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Creature - Dinosaur
Belligerent Brontodon (plst) XLN-218
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.25
Improvised Armor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+5.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Enchantment - Aura
Improvised Armor (ons) 40
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.28
Rolling Stones
Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.
Enchantment
Rolling Stones (sth) 11
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $1.23
Shield Wall
Creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.
Instant
Shield Wall (7ed) 44
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.22
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (gtc) 137
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.32
Wakestone Gargoyle
Defender, flying
: Creatures you control with defender can attack this turn as though they didn't have defender.
Creature - Gargoyle
Wakestone Gargoyle (cns) 88
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.18

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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 (eoc) 53
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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.33
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 (fic) 339
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.31
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 (eoc) 95
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.38
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.37
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (dsc) 193
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.37
Sunscape Familiar
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wall
Sunscape Familiar (pls) 17
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $2.45
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $0.63
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
The Birth of Meletis (plst) THB-5
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.25
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
Color tag templates(None)
$2.29 $1.17

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Removal

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Aetherspouts
For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Instant
Aetherspouts (mic) 97
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $0.65
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (4ed) 65
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $2.41
Deep Freeze
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/4, has defender, loses all other abilities, and is a blue Wall in addition to its other colors and types.
Enchantment - Aura
Deep Freeze (plst) DOM-50
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.19
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 (tdc) 131
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.30
Snap
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.
Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Color tag templates(None)
$4.49 $4.77
Topple
Exile target creature with the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield. (If two or more creatures are tied for greatest power, target any one of them.)
Sorcery
Topple (nem) 24
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$0.35 $0.08

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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 (dmu) 39
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$0.35 $0.25

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Tutor

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Drift of Phantasms
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Spirit
Drift of Phantasms (rav) 46
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.90
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.33
Wargate
Search your library for a permanent card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Wargate (arb) 129
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $3.78

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Untap

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Gauntlets of Light
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Enchanted creature has "
: Untap this creature."
Enchantment - Aura
Gauntlets of Light (m20) 17
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.20
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 (rna) 182
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.39

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Deck Info

Deck stats

30 pips - 27 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
23 pips - 20 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
20 pips - 20 cards
17 mana - 17 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
1 mana - 1 card
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