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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

Commander

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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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Creature

Qty: 6 Price: $2.24
Krotiq Nestguard
Defender
: This creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
Creature - Insect
Krotiq Nestguard (tdm) 148
Loyal Gyrfalcon
Defender, flying
Whenever you cast a white spell, this creature loses defender until end of turn.
Creature - Bird
Loyal Gyrfalcon (eve) 11
Minamo Scrollkeeper
Defender
Your maximum hand size is increased by one.
Creature - Human Wizard
Minamo Scrollkeeper (cns) 101
Primal Plasma
As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 creature, a 2/2 creature with flying, or a 1/6 creature with defender.
Creature - Elemental Shapeshifter
Primal Plasma (tsr) 80
Sunweb
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
This creature can't block creatures with power 2 or less.
Creature - Wall
Sunweb (8ed) 52
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

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Cycling

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70
Sanctum Plowbeast
Defender
Plainscycling
, islandcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature Artifact - Beast
Sanctum Plowbeast (arb) 10
Shimmering Barrier
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature - Wall
Shimmering Barrier (usg) 50

Cycling

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Draw

Qty: 13 Price: $12.50
Bonded Fetch
Defender, haste
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Homunculus
Bonded Fetch (tsr) 54
Carven Caryatid
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Spirit
Carven Caryatid (tdc) 250
Escarpment Fortress
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Other creatures you control get +1/+0.
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Escarpment Fortress (acr) 278
Flumph
Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.
Creature - Jellyfish
Flumph (afr) 15
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
Jungle Barrier
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Jungle Barrier (ima) 202
Psychic Membrane
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Psychic Membrane (mrd) 46
Rune-Sealed Wall
Defender
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Rune-Sealed Wall (fdn) 745
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
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
Wall of Mulch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mulch (m15) 208
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138
Wall of Runes
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Runes (m21) 85

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Enchantment

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35
Zephyr Net
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender and flying.
Enchantment - Aura
Zephyr Net (lrw) 98

Enchantment

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Enhancer

Qty: 3 Price: $2.33
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (tdc) 316
Geist of the Lonely Vigil
Defender, flying
Delirium — This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Creature - Cleric Spirit
Geist of the Lonely Vigil (emn) 27
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

Enhancer

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Evasion

Qty: 3 Price: $1.05
Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (dsc) 95
Towering Viewpoint
Defender, reach
Leap of Faith —
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Towering Viewpoint (acr) 77

Evasion

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Finisher

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Guardian of the Ages
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, if this creature has defender, it loses defender and gains trample.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Guardian of the Ages (m14) 211

Finisher

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Lifegain

Qty: 5 Price: $4.13
Basilica Guards
Defender
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Creature - Human Soldier
Basilica Guards (rvr) 7
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (wwk) 16
Tree of Redemption
Defender
: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Redemption (tdc) 97
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
Wall of Hope
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you gain that much life.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Hope (lgn) 24

Lifegain

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Mass Disruption

Qty: 1 Price: $2.79
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

Mass Disruption

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Protection

Qty: 24 Price: $11.22
Amaranthine Wall
Defender
: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Amaranthine Wall (dom) 210
Consulate Skygate
Defender
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Consulate Skygate (bbd) 232
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
Corrupted Shapeshifter (mh3) 56
Dazzling Ramparts
Defender
,
: Tap target creature.
Creature - Wall
Dazzling Ramparts (ktk) 6
Dragon's Eye Sentry
Defender, first strike
Creature - Human Monk
Dragon's Eye Sentry (dtk) 11
Foriysian Interceptor
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Defender
This creature can block an additional creature each combat.
Creature - Human Soldier
Foriysian Interceptor (tsp) 18
Fortified Rampart
Defender
Creature - Wall
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
Gomazoa
Defender, flying
: Put this creature and each creature it's blocking on top of their owners' libraries, then those players shuffle.
Creature - Jellyfish
Gomazoa (cmd) 48
Guard Gomazoa
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature.
Creature - Jellyfish
Guard Gomazoa (pca) 17
Guardians of Meletis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature Artifact - Golem
Guardians of Meletis (ori) 228
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Nivix Barrier
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, target attacking creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Creature - Illusion Wall
Nivix Barrier (ori) 66
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
Resolute Watchdog (rna) 19
Riptide Turtle
Flash
Defender
Creature - Turtle
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
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 - Spirit
Traproot Kami (bok) 147
Vertigo Spawn
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Illusion
Vertigo Spawn (cn2) 125
Wall of Air
Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Air (10e) 124
Wall of Frost
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Frost (mm3) 56
Wall of Glare
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature can block any number of creatures.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Glare (uds) 25
Wall of Ice
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Ice (4ed) 283
Wall of Spears
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike
Creature Artifact - Wall
Wall of Spears (8ed) 320
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
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 - Wall
Weathered Sentinels (tdc) 336

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 6 Price: $3.70
Animate Wall
Enchant Wall
Enchanted Wall can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Enchantment - Aura
Animate Wall (6ed) 1
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
Crenellated Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crenellated Wall (mmq) 290
Rolling Stones
Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.
Enchantment
Rolling Stones (8ed) 38
Wakestone Gargoyle
Defender, flying
: Creatures you control with defender can attack this turn as though they didn't have defender.
Creature - Gargoyle
Wakestone Gargoyle (tdc) 137
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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Ramp

Qty: 13 Price: $11.13
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
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 (ddm) 48
Gleaming Barrier
Defender
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature Artifact - Wall
Gleaming Barrier (fdn) 252
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Pit Automaton
Defender
: Add
. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
,
: When you next activate an exhaust ability that isn't a mana ability this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Pit Automaton (dft) 238
Saruli Caretaker
Defender
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Dryad
Saruli Caretaker (rna) 139
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
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
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 (thb) 5
Ulvenwald Captive
Defender
: Add
.
: Transform this creature.
Creature - Horror Werewolf
Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination (emn) 175Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination (emn) 175
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
Wild-Field Scarecrow
Defender
, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
Wild-Field Scarecrow (inr) 274

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35
Junktroller
Defender
: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Junktroller (rvr) 262

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 10 Price: $3.74
Candletrap
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.
Coven —
, Sacrifice this Aura: Exile enchanted creature. Activate only if you control three or more creatures with different powers.
Enchantment - Aura
Candletrap (mid) 9
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 (dom) 50
Floodgate
Defender
When this creature has flying, sacrifice it.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals damage to each nonblue creature without flying equal to half the number of Islands you control, rounded down.
Creature - Wall
Floodgate (dmr) 49
Gelid Shackles
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
: Enchanted creature gains defender until end of turn. (
can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
Snow Enchantment - Aura
Gelid Shackles (csp) 6
Guard Duty
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender.
Enchantment - Aura
Guard Duty (ima) 22
Sky Tether
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender and loses flying.
Enchantment - Aura
Sky Tether (jmp) 133
Soulsworn Jury
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target creature spell.
Creature - Spirit
Soulsworn Jury (dis) 17
Spider-Man No More
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is a Citizen with base power and toughness 1/1. It has defender and loses all other abilities. (It also loses all other creature types.)
Enchantment - Aura
Spider-Man No More (spm) 45
Stasis Field
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2, has defender, and loses all other abilities.
Enchantment - Aura
Stasis Field (mom) 79
Wall of Tears
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Tears (sth) 50

Removal

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Targeted Disruption

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70
Cathedral Membrane
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Defender
When this creature dies during combat, it deals 6 damage to each creature it blocked this combat.
Creature Artifact - Wall Phyrexian
Cathedral Membrane (nph) 5
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

Targeted Disruption

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Tutor

Qty: 2 Price: $1.48
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 (rvr) 42
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

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49
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

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Maybeboard

Qty: 4 Price: $2.34
Coral Colony
Defender
,
: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Creature - Wall
Coral Colony (dmu) 45
Doorkeeper
Defender
,
: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Creature - Homunculus
Doorkeeper (ima) 53
Expedition Lookout
Defender
As long as an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender and it can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Expedition Lookout (mom) 56
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

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Deck Info

Deck stats

36 pips - 35 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
31 pips - 29 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
20 pips - 19 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 2 cards
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