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Arcades, the Strategist*Not Built*
Deck Size: 102
Commander
Est deck cost: $240.54
Salt sum: 34.74
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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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Creature

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Colossus of Akros

Defender, indestructible {10}: 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
Colossus of Akros (ths) 214
Shield Sphere

Defender Whenever this creature blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Shield Sphere (all) 129
Suspicious Bookcase

Defender {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Suspicious Bookcase (m19) 246
Wall of Ice

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Creature
Wall of Ice (4ed) 283
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

Creature

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Land

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Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (ktk) 266
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (ths) 236
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (cst) 370

Land

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Ramp

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Aluren

Any player may cast creature spells with mana value 3 or less without paying their mana costs and as though they had flash.

Enchantment
Aluren (tmp) 213
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
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (gk2) 24
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (c19) 212
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 (c16) 146
Darksteel Ingot

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.) {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Darksteel Ingot (cm2) 184
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (m13) 170
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (5ed) 316
Overgrown Battlement

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

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ima) 180
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (7ed) 262
Saruli Caretaker

Defender {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Saruli Caretaker (rna) 139
Selesnya Signet

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

Artifact
Selesnya Signet (gk1) 123
Simic Signet

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

Artifact
Simic Signet (gk2) 130
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (c16) 272
Sunscape Familiar

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

Creature
Sunscape Familiar (pls) 17

Ramp

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Anthem

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Always Watching

Nontoken creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Enchantment
Always Watching (gnt) 7
Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

Anthem

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Draw

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Carven Caryatid

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

Creature
Carven Caryatid (ima) 156
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 (eld) 326
Jungle Barrier

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

Creature
Jungle Barrier (ima) 202
Portcullis Vine

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

Creature
Portcullis Vine (grn) 142
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (mh1) 190
Wall of Mulch

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

Creature
Wall of Mulch (m15) 208
Wall of Omens

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (plst) EMA-34

Draw

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Lifegain

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Angelic Chorus

Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Enchantment
Angelic Chorus (bbd) 87
Tree of Redemption

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

Creature
Tree of Redemption (a25) 191
Wall of Essence

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.

Creature
Wall of Essence (m15) 41

Lifegain

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Recursion

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Faith's Reward

Return to the battlefield all permanent cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Instant
Faith's Reward (cn2) 84
Mnemonic Wall

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (ima) 67

Recursion

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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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Evasion

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Angelic Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying

Creature
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
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

Evasion

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Protection

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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
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
Fortified Rampart

Defender

Creature
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (aer) 109
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (gk2) 6
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (plst) C19-217
Resolute Watchdog

Defender {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Resolute Watchdog (rna) 19
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 (c18) 225
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 (rna) 29
Wall of Denial

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

Creature
Wall of Denial (mm3) 201
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 (mm3) 56

Protection

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Removal

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Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (a25) 50
Fell the Mighty

Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (c17) 60
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (m11) 68
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 (plst) E02-3
Return to Dust

Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Return to Dust (c18) 71
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 (prix) 22p
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (a25) 35
Wall of Tears

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature, return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat.

Creature
Wall of Tears (sth) 50
Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79

Removal

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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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Finisher

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Concordant Crossroads

All creatures have haste.

Enchantment
Concordant Crossroads (chr) 60

Finisher

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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
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
Tower Defense

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

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147

Pump

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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

Untap

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Maybeboard

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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 (gpt) 6

Maybeboard

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Deck stats

30 pips - 26 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
14 pips - 12 cards
15 mana - 15 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
25 pips - 23 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 1 card
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