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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $4.99
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
Color tag templates(None)
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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
Color tag templates(None)
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Blink

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Displace
Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Instant
Displace (plst) EMN-55
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $6.47 $1.07

Blink

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Bounce

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.36 $0.15

Bounce

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Counters

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Convolute
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Convolute (plst) EMN-53
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26 $0.15
Makindi Shieldmate
Defender
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Soldier Kor Ally
Makindi Shieldmate (zen) 26
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

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Draw

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.34 $0.15
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
Color tag templates(None)
$3.99 $1.70 $1.23
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 $0.32 $0.15
Wall of Mulch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mulch (plst) ONS-298
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.16 $0.15
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.32 $0.17
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

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Evasion

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Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.17 $0.15
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

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Finisher

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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
Color tag templates(None)
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Land

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Access Tunnel
: Add
.
,
: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Access Tunnel (tdc) 337
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.39 $0.44
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.34 $0.20
Darksteel Citadel
Indestructible
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (brc) 180
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $3.97 $3.39
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (msc) 240
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.35 $0.15
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (msc) 241
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.31 $0.15
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.44 $0.15
Ghost Quarter
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Ghost Quarter (ltc) 314
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.45 $0.36
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (msc) 248
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.26 $0.15
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (hob) 195
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.42 $0.15
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (hob) 194
Color tag templates(None)
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Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (msc) 257
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Selesnya Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Selesnya Guildgate (fdn) 694
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.11 $0.15
Sunscorched Desert
When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
: Add
.
Land - Desert
Sunscorched Desert (akh) 249
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.39 $0.15
Temple of Mystery
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 Mystery (soc) 414
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.32 $0.15
Temple of Plenty
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 Plenty (fic) 437
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.23 $0.15
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (tdm) 269
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.16 $0.15
Woodland Stream
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Stream (ltc) 347
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

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Lifegain

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Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (plst) WWK-16
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $0.74 $0.17
Pride Guardian
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, you gain 3 life.
Creature - Cat Monk
Pride Guardian (cns) 77
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.12 $0.15
Tree of Redemption
Defender
: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Redemption (tdc) 97
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$0.99 $0.52 $0.34

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Protection

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$7.49 $6.37 $5.23
Consulate Skygate
Defender
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Consulate Skygate (bbd) 232
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.09 $0.15
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (tdc) 316
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $0.78 $0.67
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
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $2.10 $0.45
Defend the Hearth
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to players this turn.
Instant
Defend the Hearth (ths) 156
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.08 $0.15
Enshrouding Mist
Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. If it's renowned, untap it.
Instant
Enshrouding Mist (ori) 13
Color tag templates(None)
$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
Fog Bank (fdn) 591
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.14 $0.15
Fortified Rampart
Defender
Creature - Wall
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.24 $0.15
Hold at Bay
Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Instant
Hold at Bay (bng) 18
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.06 $0.15
Hold the Line
Blocking creatures get +7/+7 until end of turn.
Instant
Hold the Line (ddn) 66
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.30 $0.15
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.44 $0.20
Safe Passage
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and creatures you control this turn.
Instant
Safe Passage (m13) 30
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.18 $0.15
Steel Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Steel Wall (ddf) 41
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $0.40 $0.31
Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $1.65 $0.95
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
Swiftfoot Boots (msc) 216
Color tag templates(None)
$4.49 $2.22 $2.37
Turn Aside
Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
Instant
Turn Aside (plst) EMN-78
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.41 $0.15
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (cmm) 939
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.48 $0.38
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 (plst) MM3-56
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.32 $0.17
Wall of Glare
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature can block any number of creatures.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Glare (plst) UDS-25
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.39 $0.15
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 $0.32 $0.15
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
Weathered Sentinels (tdc) 336
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $0.88 $0.82

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Pump

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Bar the Door
Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.
Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.21 $0.15
Shape the Sands
Target creature gets +0/+5 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Instant
Shape the Sands (plst) DTK-205
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.32 $0.15
Solidarity
Creatures you control get +0/+5 until end of turn.
Instant
Solidarity (8ed) 46
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.25 $0.15
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (tdc) 275
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.27 $0.15
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

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Ramp

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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)
$0.35 $0.32 $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
Cultivate (msc) 172
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.38 $0.28
Explosive Vegetation
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Explosive Vegetation (drc) 112
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.29 $0.15
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.25 $0.22
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.17 $0.15
Growth Spiral
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Growth Spiral (dsc) 88
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.30 $0.23
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.29 $0.21
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (fic) 313
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.37 $0.39
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Color tag templates(None)
$2.79 $1.49 $1.44
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
Color tag templates(None)
$2.49 $1.21 $0.91
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $1.00 $0.75
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 $0.28 $0.15
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $1.17 $0.90

Ramp

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Recursion

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Colfenor's Urn
Whenever a creature with toughness 4 or greater is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may exile it.
At the beginning of the end step, if three or more cards have been exiled with this artifact, sacrifice it. If you do, return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Artifact
Colfenor's Urn (tdc) 315
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.28 $0.15
Luminous Broodmoth
Flying
Whenever a creature you control without flying dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a flying counter on it.
Creature - Insect
Luminous Broodmoth (iko) 21
Color tag templates(None)
$2.29 $1.66 $1.05
Mnemonic Wall
Defender
When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wall
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.29 $0.18

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Removal

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Bant Charm
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library.
• Counter target instant spell.
Instant
Bant Charm (2x2) 181
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.30 $0.15
Cancel
Counter target spell.
Instant
Cancel (fdn) 505
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.33 $0.15
Essence Capture
Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
Instant
Essence Capture (neo) 52
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.22 $0.15
Expel the Interlopers
Choose a number between 0 and 10. Destroy all creatures with power greater than or equal to the chosen number.
Sorcery
Expel the Interlopers (tdc) 115
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.29 $0.15
Farewell
Choose one or more —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all graveyards.
Sorcery
Farewell (fic) 242
Color tag templates(None)
$6.99 $5.60 $4.83
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (otp) 1
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.26 $0.15
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.27 $0.15
Plasm Capture
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next first main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is that spell's mana value.
Instant
Plasm Capture (otc) 237
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.42 $0.29
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)
$0.35 $0.31 $0.15
Snap
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.
Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Color tag templates(None)
$5.49 $4.21 $3.85
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (msc) 143
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $1.35 $1.44
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
Color tag templates(None)
$3.99 $3.24 $2.50

Removal

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.32 $0.15

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.49 $0.35

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38 pips - 32 cards
17 mana - 17 cards
23 pips - 19 cards
16 mana - 16 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
22 pips - 20 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 5 cards
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