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3/24/2025
Arcades WIP
Deck Size: 101
Commander
Est deck cost: $139.75
Salt sum: 30.77
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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 (plst) M19-212

Commander

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Draw

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Canyon Crab

{1}{U}: This creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn. At the beginning of your end step, if you haven't cast a spell from your hand this turn, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Canyon Crab (otj) 40
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
Fecund Greenshell (blb) 171
Mentor of the Meek

Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Mentor of the Meek (inr) 34
Plagon, Lord of the Beach

When Plagon enters, draw a card for each creature you control with toughness greater than its power. {W/U}: Target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power this turn.

Creature
Plagon, Lord of the Beach (j25) 37
Portcullis Vine

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

Creature
Portcullis Vine (m21) 195
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
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
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
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (plst) STH-125
Wall of Mulch

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {G}, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Mulch (plst) ONS-298
Wall of Omens

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (mkc) 90
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 of Runes (m21) 85

Draw

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Protection

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Angler Turtle

Hexproof Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.

Creature
Angler Turtle (scd) 43
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
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
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Slagwurm Armor

Equipped creature gets +0/+6. Equip {3} ({3}: 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
Slagwurm Armor (mrd) 243
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 {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258
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 Denial

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

Creature
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 of Frost (plst) MM3-56
Wall of Mist

Defender

Creature
Wall of Mist (grn) 58
Wall of Tanglecord

Defender {G}: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Creature Artifact
Wall of Tanglecord (som) 222

Protection

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Theft

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Domineering Will

Target player gains control of up to three target nonattacking creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They block this turn if able.

Instant
Domineering Will (clb) 719

Theft

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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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Evasion

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Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) Creatures your opponents control without flying or reach can't block creatures with power 2 or less. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa (mkc) 219
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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Pump

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Aegis of the Heavens

Target creature gets +1/+7 until end of turn.

Instant
Aegis of the Heavens (jmp) 79
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 (plst) IMA-155
Bar the Door

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

Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
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

Pump

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Tokens

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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

Tokens

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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
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15

Bounce

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Finisher

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Faithbound Judge

Creature
Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment (vow) 12Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment (vow) 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
Towering Titan (jmp) 31

Finisher

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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 (drc) 51
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 (plst) RTR-115
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (drc) 53
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 (dsc) 174
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Overgrown Battlement

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

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ncc) 303
Simic Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 57
Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Green spells and blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Sunscape Familiar (plst) PLS-17
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 (plst) THB-5
Wall of Roots

Defender Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add {G}. Activate only once each turn.

Creature
Wall of Roots (ncc) 319

Ramp

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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
Shield-Wall Sentinel (dmu) 238

Tutor

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Clones

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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
Wall of Stolen Identity (c19) 13

Clones

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Land

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Brushland

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Brushland (blc) 295
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
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 (drc) 153
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 290
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Lonely Arroyo

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Lonely Arroyo (otj) 260
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 277
Scattered Groves

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Scattered Groves (otc) 315
Seaside Citadel

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (blc) 329
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.) {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (dsc) 311
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (dft) 267
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (drc) 184

Land

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Removal

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Aether Gale

Return six target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Aether Gale (dsc) 109
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
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Dream Fracture

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card. Draw a card.

Instant
Dream Fracture (clb) 66
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (drc) 65
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
Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Hindering Light

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control. Draw a card.

Instant
Hindering Light (ala) 173
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
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
Stroke of Midnight

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

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Thrashing Brontodon

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Thrashing Brontodon (j25) 725

Removal

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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 (plst) RNA-182

Untap

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Creature

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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
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 7
Wall of Wonder

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {2}{U}{U}: This creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
Wall of Wonder (7ed) 112

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Lifegain

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Tree of Redemption

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

Creature
Tree of Redemption (a25) 191

Lifegain

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Stax

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Meekstone

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Artifact
Meekstone (mb2) 227

Stax

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Deck Info

Deck stats

32 pips - 26 cards
18 mana - 17 cards
27 pips - 21 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
20 pips - 17 cards
22 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 3 cards
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