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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 (m19) 212

Commander

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1. Ramp

Qty: 13 Price: $44.35
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (woc) 145
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 (rtr) 115
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (clb) 244
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (jmp) 417
Saruli Caretaker
Defender
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Dryad
Saruli Caretaker (rna) 139
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (woc) 149
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 (ths) 180
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (cmr) 261
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
Wall of Roots
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add
. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Roots (ncc) 319

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2. Defender +14

Qty: 17 Price: $27.31
Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
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
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Orator of Ojutai
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
Defender, flying
When this creature enters, if you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, draw a card.
Creature - Bird Monk
Orator of Ojutai (dtk) 28
Shield Sphere
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Shield Sphere (all) 129
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
Towering Viewpoint
Defender, reach
Leap of Faith —
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Towering Viewpoint (acr) 77
Tree of Redemption
Defender
: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Redemption (a25) 191
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (jmp) 442
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (mm3) 201
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 Junk
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Wall of Junk (dmr) 240
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (2x2) 33
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
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 (csp) 23
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

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3. Interaction

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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 each color until end of turn.
Instant
Akroma's Will (cmr) 3
Aura Shards
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Enchantment
Aura Shards (plst) CMD-182
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
Dusk
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (clb) 691
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 (woe) 13
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (40k) 186
Flawless Maneuver
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Flawless Maneuver (onc) 68
Force of Vigor
If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.
Instant
Force of Vigor (mh1) 164
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
Mithril Coat
Flash
Indestructible
When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control.
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Mithril Coat (ltr) 245
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
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
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
Wave of Reckoning
Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79

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4. Combat +2

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Bar the Door
Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.
Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
Brave the Sands
Creatures you control have vigilance.
Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.
Enchantment
Brave the Sands (ktk) 5
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (eld) 217
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
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (moc) 240
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
Triumph of the Hordes
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and infect. (Creatures with infect deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Sorcery
Triumph of the Hordes (nph) 123
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
Reach
At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.
, Sacrifice two other creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Zopandrel. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus (one) 195

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5. Cards +3

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Ascend from Avernus
Return all creature and planeswalker cards with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Ascend from Avernus.
Sorcery
Ascend from Avernus (clb) 5
Continue?
Choose up to four target creature cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn. Return them to the battlefield.
Instant
Continue? (tmc) 7
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 (plst) RAV-46
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 (psoi) 16p
Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Enlightened Tutor (mir) 14
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 (plst) GPT-6
Lae'zel's Acrobatics
Exile all nontoken creatures you control, then roll a d20.
1—9 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
10—20 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control, then exile them again. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Instant
Lae'zel's Acrobatics (clb) 30
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 289
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) 172

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $190.14
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
Barkchannel Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 251Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 251
Bountiful Promenade
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Bountiful Promenade (bbd) 81
Branchloft Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 258Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 258
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 (gtc) 240
Command Beacon
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Land
Command Beacon (cmr) 349
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (eoc) 159
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (pm21) 246p
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (eoe) 276
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (m11) 225
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 (rtr) 241
Hengegate Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (pdom) 240p
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (eoe) 269
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (eoe) 268
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmr) 354
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
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) 257
Sunpetal Grove
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sunpetal Grove (m13) 229
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
Tranquil Landscape
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231
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

Land

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Deck Info

Deck stats

39 pips - 31 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
10 pips - 10 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
23 pips - 20 cards
29 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 5 cards
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