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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
Color tag templates(None)
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Anthem

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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)
$1.79 $1.72

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Artifact

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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
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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)
$0.99 $0.42

Bounce

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Creature

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Clockwork Drawbridge
Defender
,
: Tap target creature.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Clockwork Drawbridge (dmu) 13
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.06
Coral Barrier
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue Squid creature token with islandwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Creature - Wall
Coral Barrier (m15) 49
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.07
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.22
Dragon's Eye Sentry
Defender, first strike
Creature - Human Monk
Dragon's Eye Sentry (plst) DTK-11
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.17
Fortified Rampart
Defender
Creature - Wall
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.19
Minamo Scrollkeeper
Defender
Your maximum hand size is increased by one.
Creature - Human Wizard
Minamo Scrollkeeper (cns) 101
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.07
One-Eyed Scarecrow
Defender
Creatures with flying your opponents control get -1/-0.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
One-Eyed Scarecrow (isd) 230
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.12
Plumeveil
Flash
Defender, flying
Creature - Elemental
Plumeveil (uma) 218
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.14
Reinforced Bulwark
Defender
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Reinforced Bulwark (roe) 223
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.08
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) 352
Color tag templates(None)
$2.79 $1.22
Wall of Vines
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Vines (m19) 210
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.16

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Draw

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Fecund Greenshell
Reach
As long as you control ten or more lands, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control with toughness greater than its power enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
Creature - Elemental Turtle
Fecund Greenshell (blb) 171
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.61
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 $0.27
Jungle Barrier
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Jungle Barrier (plst) E02-38
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.30
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 (c17) 67
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.19
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 $0.11
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.30
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (mh1) 190
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.28
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.27
Wall of Mulch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mulch (m15) 208
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.24
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (mkc) 90
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.37
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 $0.22

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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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$0.35 $0.20
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (cmm) 126
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$0.35 $0.16

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Finisher

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Colossus of Akros
Defender, indestructible
: Monstrosity 10. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put ten +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has trample and can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Colossus of Akros (ths) 214
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $1.39
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 (jmp) 31
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Finisher

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Land

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.21

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Landfall

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Jaddi Offshoot
Defender
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Plant
Jaddi Offshoot (ima) 171
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.29

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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 (wwk) 16
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $1.39

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Mill

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.28
Doorkeeper
Defender
,
: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Creature - Homunculus
Doorkeeper (rtr) 37
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.17
Larder Zombie
Defender
Tap three untapped creatures you control: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Creature - Zombie
Larder Zombie (mid) 58
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.10

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Protection

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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)
$2.49 $2.31
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (cmm) 944
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $3.19
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.35
Riptide Turtle
Flash
Defender
Creature - Turtle
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.09
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.31
Wall of Glare
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature can block any number of creatures.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Glare (uds) 25
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.54
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
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$5.99 $7.15
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 $0.36

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Pump

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.38
Guardians of Akrasa
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Creature - Human Soldier
Guardians of Akrasa (ala) 12
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.10
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.31
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 (dmu) 241
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.27

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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 (rtr) 115
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.21
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 (rix) 178
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.06
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (jmp) 417
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.27
Shire Scarecrow
Defender
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
Shire Scarecrow (ltr) 249
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.23
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)
$3.49 $3.58
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $1.17
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.31

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Removal

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Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (blc) 206
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.80
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (5ed) 77
Color tag templates(None)
$4.49 $2.72
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.25
Dusk
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (mkc) 61
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.32
Generous Gift
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
Instant
Generous Gift (mh1) 11
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $1.40
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Path to Exile (blc) 147
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $1.37
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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$0.49 $0.25
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (moc) 211
Color tag templates(None)
$2.79 $1.32

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Tokens

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Hornet Nest
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Creature - Insect
Hornet Nest (m15) 177
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $0.81
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26

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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)
$0.79 $0.33

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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 (rna) 182
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.39

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Maybeboard

Qty: 11 Price: $9.05
Academy Wall
Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Wall
Academy Wall (dmu) 41
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.21
Akroan Horse
Defender
When this creature enters, an opponent gains control of it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Creature Artifact - Horse
Akroan Horse (ths) 210
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.49
Carven Caryatid
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Spirit
Carven Caryatid (jmp) 382
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.24
Excavated Wall
Defender
,
: Mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Excavated Wall (stx) 255
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.08
Flumph
Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.
Creature - Jellyfish
Flumph (afr) 15
Color tag templates(None)
$3.99 $1.56
Holy Day
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Instant
Holy Day (9ed) 18
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.27
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.43
Infested Roothold
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Protection from artifacts
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, you may create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Creature - Wall
Infested Roothold (dst) 76
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.18
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.29
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.29
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.28

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32 pips - 24 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
21 pips - 18 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
23 pips - 21 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
1 mana - 1 card
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