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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 (plst) M19-212

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Add Toughness

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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 (jmp) 378
Slagwurm Armor
Equipped creature gets +0/+6.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)
Artifact - Equipment
Slagwurm Armor (mrd) 243
Spidersilk Armor
Creatures you control get +0/+1 and have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)
Enchantment
Spidersilk Armor (mmq) 273
Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147

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Bounce

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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
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 (soi) 16
Semester's End
Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.
Instant
Semester's End (moc) 204

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Create Tokens

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Teyo, the Shieldmage
You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
−2: Create a 0/3 white Wall creature token with defender.
Legendary Planeswalker - Teyo
Teyo, the Shieldmage (war) 32

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Defender

Qty: 24 Price: $30.78
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
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 (usg) 75
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
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (5ed) 91
Guard Gomazoa
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature.
Creature - Jellyfish
Guard Gomazoa (plst) PCA-17
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
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (ncc) 303
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (wwk) 16
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
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
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
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
Tree of Redemption
Defender
: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Redemption (tdc) 97
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (mmq) 285
Wall of Air
Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Air (5ed) 135
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (cmm) 939
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 (m11) 79
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
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 Kelp
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
,
: Create a 0/1 blue Plant Wall creature token with defender named Kelp.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Kelp (hml) 40
Wall of Roots
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add
. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Roots (mir) 253
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 (war) 75
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
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 (ncc) 85

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Draw

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Abzan Beastmaster
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control the creature with the greatest toughness or tied for the greatest toughness.
Creature - Shaman Dog
Abzan Beastmaster (frf) 119
Azorius Charm
Choose one —
• Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
• Draw a card.
• Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.
Instant
Azorius Charm (rtr) 145
Fruit of the First Tree
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is its toughness.
Enchantment - Aura
Fruit of the First Tree (frf) 132
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
Rigo, Streetwise Mentor
Rigo enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Whenever you attack a player or planeswalker with one or more creatures with power 1 or less, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Cat Citizen
Rigo, Streetwise Mentor (snc) 215

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Evasion

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Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (mul) 12
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: 35 Price: $44.11
Access Tunnel
: Add
.
,
: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Access Tunnel (mkc) 247
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
Canopy Vista
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Forest
Canopy Vista (moc) 393
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (woe) 256
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (mkc) 260
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mh3) 308
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mh3) 305
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mh3) 304
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (mkc) 282
Seaside Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Seaside Citadel (who) 302
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

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Life Gain

Qty: 3 Price: $6.33
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
True Conviction
Creatures you control have double strike and lifelink.
Enchantment
True Conviction (c14) 93
Vigorous Charge
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn, if this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that damage.
Instant
Vigorous Charge (inv) 222

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Protection

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Fog
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Instant
Fog (5ed) 293
Meekstone
Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
Artifact
Meekstone (4ed) 335
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

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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 (mkc) 223
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
Decanter of Endless Water
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (dmc) 133
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (5ed) 316
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (c20) 252
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
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (mkc) 245

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Recursion

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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
Cosmic Rebirth
Choose target permanent card in your graveyard. If it has mana value 3 or less, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put it onto the battlefield, put it into your hand.
You gain 3 life.
Instant
Cosmic Rebirth (mat) 28
Hymn of Rebirth
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Hymn of Rebirth (ice) 295

Recursion

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Removal

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Dusk
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (ncc) 198
Evasive Action
Domain — Counter target spell unless its controller pays
for each basic land type among lands you control.
Instant
Evasive Action (dde) 50
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (ltc) 167
Temporal Spring
Put target permanent on top of its owner's library.
Sorcery
Temporal Spring (apc) 125
The Wanderer
Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control.
−2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater.
Legendary Planeswalker
The Wanderer (plst) WAR-37
Wave of Reckoning
Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79

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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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Sideboard

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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
Calming Verse
Destroy all enchantments you don't control. Then if you control an untapped land, destroy all enchantments you control.
Sorcery
Calming Verse (pcy) 110
Cloak of Invisibility
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has phasing and can't be blocked except by Walls. (It phases in or out before its controller untaps during each of their untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
Enchantment - Aura
Cloak of Invisibility (mir) 58
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (tmp) 57
Endless Detour
The owner of target spell, nonland permanent, or card in a graveyard puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Instant
Endless Detour (snc) 183
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
Flumph
Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.
Creature - Jellyfish
Flumph (afr) 15
Primal Rage
Creatures you control have trample. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Enchantment
Primal Rage (sth) 112
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

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Maybeboard

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Always Watching
Nontoken creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
Enchantment
Always Watching (gnt) 7
Angelic Chorus
Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Enchantment
Angelic Chorus (bbd) 87
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
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
Glyph of Life
Choose target Wall creature. Whenever that creature is dealt damage by an attacking creature this turn, you gain that much life.
Instant
Glyph of Life (leg) 15
Last March of the Ents
This spell can't be countered.
Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.
Sorcery
Last March of the Ents (ltr) 418
Obelisk of Bant
: Add
,
, or
.
Artifact
Obelisk of Bant (ala) 212
Rolling Stones
Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.
Enchantment
Rolling Stones (8ed) 38
Sight of the Scalelords
At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control with toughness 4 or greater get +2/+2 and gain vigilance until end of turn.
Enchantment
Sight of the Scalelords (dtk) 207
Solidarity
Creatures you control get +0/+5 until end of turn.
Instant
Solidarity (8ed) 46
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180
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
Unbreakable Formation
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
Instant
Unbreakable Formation (rvr) 32
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 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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35 pips - 26 cards
17 mana - 17 cards
21 pips - 18 cards
15 mana - 15 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 5 cards
24 pips - 23 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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