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Best Offense is a Good Defense
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $258.75
Salt sum: 24.85
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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.

Creature
Arcades, the Strategist (m19) 212

Commander

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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.

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (blc) 177

Evasion

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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 (onc) 104
Collective Resistance

Escalate {G} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Collective Resistance (mh3) 147
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (blc) 138
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (woc) 68
Return to Nature

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.

Instant
Return to Nature (thb) 197
Sanctify

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.

Sorcery
Sanctify (vow) 33
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
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 "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
The Battle of Bywater (ltr) 2

Removal

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Anthem

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers

Defender Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

Anthem

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Land

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Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Bountiful Promenade (bbd) 81
Breeding Pool

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Breeding Pool (rna) 246
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
Deserted Beach

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (inr) 276
Dreamroot Cascade

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (inr) 277
Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Escape Tunnel (mkm) 261
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (fdn) 262
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 291
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
Hinterland Harbor

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (lcc) 336
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Overgrown Farmland

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Overgrown Farmland (inr) 281
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 277
Promising Vein

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Promising Vein (lci) 279
Rejuvenating Springs

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (bbd) 84
Shire Terrace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (xln) 257
Temple Garden

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Temple Garden (grn) 258
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (blc) 345
Tranquil Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{W}{U} ({G}{W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231

Land

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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
Hornet Nest (m15) 177
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.)

Artifact
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield (ltc) 505
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.

Planeswalker
Teyo, the Shieldmage (plst) WAR-32
Wall of Kelp

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}{U}, {T}: Create a 0/1 blue Plant Wall creature token with defender named Kelp.

Creature
Wall of Kelp (hml) 40
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
Wingmantle Chaplain (dmu) 39

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Creature

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Angelic Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying

Creature
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
Corrupted Shapeshifter (mh3) 56
Crashing Drawbridge

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (cmm) 944
Drift of Phantasms

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, 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
Drift of Phantasms (rvr) 42
Flumph

Defender, flying Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Flumph (afr) 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
Fog Bank (cmm) 848
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
Geist of the Archives (emn) 62
Guard Gomazoa

Defender, flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature.

Creature
Guard Gomazoa (pca) 17
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Jungle Barrier

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Jungle Barrier (ima) 202
Monastery Flock

Defender, flying Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Monastery Flock (ktk) 47
Rune-Sealed Wall

Defender {T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Rune-Sealed Wall (fdn) 49
Shire Scarecrow

Defender {1}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn.

Creature Artifact
Shire Scarecrow (ltr) 249
Tree of Redemption

Defender {T}: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.

Creature
Tree of Redemption (a25) 191
Wakestone Gargoyle

Defender, flying {1}{W}: Creatures you control with defender can attack this turn as though they didn't have defender.

Creature
Wakestone Gargoyle (dis) 21
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (pca) 81
Wall of Denial

Defender, flying Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Wall of Denial (cmm) 939
Wall of Omens

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (mkc) 90
Wall of Resistance

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying At the beginning of each end step, if this creature was dealt damage this turn, put a +0/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Wall of Resistance (mir) 46
Wall of Reverence

Defender, flying At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.

Creature
Wall of Reverence (uma) 41

Creature

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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. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Assault Formation (ima) 155
Bar the Door

Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
Dragon Throne of Tarkir

Equipped creature has defender and "{2}, {T}: Other creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power." Equip {3}

Artifact
Dragon Throne of Tarkir (ktk) 219
Solidarity

Creatures you control get +0/+5 until end of turn.

Instant
Solidarity (8ed) 46
Tower Defense

Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
Walking Bulwark

Defender {2}: 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
Walking Bulwark (dmu) 241

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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. {2}{W}{U}: Untap target creature.

Enchantment
High Alert (rna) 182

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Draw

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Another Round

Exile any number of creatures you control, then return them to the battlefield under their owner's control. Then repeat this process X more times.

Sorcery
Another Round (otj) 1
Chulane, Teller of Tales

Vigilance Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Chulane, Teller of Tales (mkc) 202
Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (acr) 84
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 (khc) 22
Guardian Project

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Enchantment
Guardian Project (rna) 130
Ohran Frostfang

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Frostfang (cmm) 309
Portcullis Vine

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature with defender: Draw a card.

Creature
Portcullis Vine (m21) 195
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (woc) 105
Teyo, Geometric Tactician

When Teyo enters, create a 0/4 white Wall creature token with defender and flying. +1: You and target opponent each draw a card. −2: Choose left or right. Until your next turn, each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.

Planeswalker
Teyo, Geometric Tactician (cmm) 725
The Pride of Hull Clade

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total toughness of creatures you control. Defender {2}{U}{U}: 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.

Creature
The Pride of Hull Clade (mkm) 172

Draw

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Axebane Guardian

Defender {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.

Creature
Axebane Guardian (rtr) 115
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
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
Overgrown Battlement

Defender {T}: Add {G} for each creature you control with defender.

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ima) 180
Rampart Architect

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a 1/3 white Wall creature token with defender. Whenever a creature you control with defender dies, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Rampart Architect (tdc) 47
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180
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
The Birth of Meletis (thb) 5
Vine Trellis

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4

Ramp

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Tokens & Extras

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Beast

Creature Token
Beast (tdrc) 10
Bird

Flying

Creature Token
Bird (tblc) 3
Elephant

Creature Token
Elephant (tdft) 6
Food

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.

Artifact Token
Food (tltr) 9
Human

Creature Token
Human (tinr) 2
Insect

Flying, deathtouch

Creature Token
Insect (tdsc) 12
Wall

Defender

Creature Token
Wall (twar) 4
Wall

Defender

Creature Artifact Token
Wall (tthb) 14
Wall

Defender, flying

Creature Token
Wall (tcmm) 67

Tokens & Extras

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Deck Info

Deck stats

29 pips - 25 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
20 pips - 17 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
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0 mana - 5 cards
22 pips - 21 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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