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Arcades likes big butts and he can not lie!!
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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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Land

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Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (clu) 229
Bountiful Promenade

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

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
Canopy Vista

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

Land
Canopy Vista (dmc) 201
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (40k) 271
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 (dmc) 208
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (40k) 278
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (mid) 262
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (bfz) 272
Fortified Village

As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Fortified Village (mkc) 262
Glasspool Mimic

Creature
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60
Hinterland Harbor

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

Land
Hinterland Harbor (lcc) 336
Horizon Canopy

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G} or {W}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Horizon Canopy (ima) 240
Idyllic Beachfront

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (bfz) 255
Makindi Stampede

Sorcery
Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas (znr) 26Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas (znr) 26
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (clb) 904
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (bfz) 251
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (40k) 289
Prairie Stream

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

Land
Prairie Stream (dmc) 225
Rejuvenating Springs

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

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmr) 354
Scattered Groves

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

Land
Scattered Groves (mkc) 286
Sea of Clouds

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

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Seaside Citadel

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

Land
Seaside Citadel (dmc) 231
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
Selesnya Sanctuary

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{W}.

Land
Selesnya Sanctuary (cmm) 1031
Skycloud Expanse

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

Land
Skycloud Expanse (mkc) 294
Tangled Florahedron

Creature
Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211
Tangled Islet

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Tangled Islet (dmu) 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 (dmc) 239
Waterlogged Grove

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G} or {U}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Waterlogged Grove (mh1) 249
Yavimaya Coast

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

Land
Yavimaya Coast (dmu) 261

Land

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Theme

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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 (plst) IMA-155
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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Buff

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers

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

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (dom) 69
Tower Defense

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

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
Vivien's Stampede

Each creature you control gains vigilance, trample, and melee until end of turn. (Whenever a creature with melee attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.) At the beginning of the next main phase this turn, draw a card for each player who was dealt combat damage this turn.

Sorcery
Vivien's Stampede (ncc) 65

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Protection

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (voc) 102
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (plst) CMR-395
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
Heroic Intervention

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

Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
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
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Selfless Spirit

Flying Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Selfless Spirit (j22) 239
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (clu) 99
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 (clb) 339

Protection

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Clever Concealment

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Any number of target nonland permanents you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Instant
Clever Concealment (onc) 5

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Creature

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Crashing Drawbridge

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

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (eld) 217
Hover Barrier

Defender, flying

Creature
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Mnemonic Wall

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

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67
Riptide Turtle

Flash Defender

Creature
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
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
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
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
Wall of Denial

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

Creature
Wall of Denial (plst) ARB-16
Wall of Glare

Defender (This creature can't attack.) This creature can block any number of creatures.

Creature
Wall of Glare (uds) 25
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 of Junk (dmr) 240
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
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
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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Ramp

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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
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (plst) RAV-163
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
Nature's Lore

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

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (cmm) 904
Open the Way

X can't be greater than the number of players in the game. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal X land cards. Put those land cards onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sorcery
Open the Way (mat) 23
Overgrown Battlement

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

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ncc) 303
Saruli Caretaker

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

Creature
Saruli Caretaker (rna) 139
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (40k) 250
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
Sylvan Caryatid

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

Creature
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180
Ulvenwald Captive

Creature
Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination (emn) 175Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination (emn) 175
Vine Trellis

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

Creature
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
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

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Draw

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Behold the Multiverse

Scry 2, then draw two cards. Foretell {1}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Behold the Multiverse (khm) 46
Carven Caryatid

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

Creature
Carven Caryatid (jmp) 382
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
Flumph

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

Creature
Flumph (afr) 15
Harmonize

Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Harmonize (scd) 187
Jungle Barrier

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

Creature
Jungle Barrier (plst) E02-38
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) 172
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
Orator of Ojutai (c17) 67
Portcullis Vine

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

Creature
Portcullis Vine (m21) 195
Quick Study

Draw two cards.

Instant
Quick Study (woe) 65
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
Telling Time

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.

Instant
Telling Time (c18) 105
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (jmp) 442
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 (2x2) 33

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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 (dmc) 129
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (clb) 691
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 (lcc) 134
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
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (40k) 190
Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79

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Maybeboard

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Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn. • Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.

Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
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
Assemble the Players

You may look at the top card of your library any time. Once each turn, you may cast a creature spell with power 2 or less from the top of your library.

Enchantment
Assemble the Players (mkm) 3
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

Maybeboard

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Your Temple Is Under Attack

Choose one — • Pray for Protection — Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Strike a Deal — You and target opponent each draw two cards.

Instant
Your Temple Is Under Attack (clb) 52

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Deck Info

Deck stats

29 pips - 23 cards
25 mana - 25 cards
19 pips - 18 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
32 pips - 27 cards
25 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 5 cards
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