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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49
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

Commander

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Anthem

Qty: 2 Price: $1.84
Hold the Gates
Creatures you control get +0/+1 for each Gate you control and have vigilance.
Enchantment
Hold the Gates (gtc) 16
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

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Artifact

Qty: 1 Price: $14.99
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

Artifact

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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

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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 - Shapeshifter Wall
Wall of Stolen Identity (c19) 13

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Draw

Qty: 8 Price: $6.16
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
Guild Summit
When this enchantment enters, you may tap any number of untapped Gates you control. Draw a card for each Gate tapped this way.
Whenever a Gate you control enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guild Summit (grn) 41
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Defender
Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Sokratic Dialogue —
: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (acr) 67
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
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
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
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138
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

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Evasion

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Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (dsc) 95

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Finisher

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Faithbound Judge
Defender, flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has two or fewer judgment counters on it, put a judgment counter on it.
As long as this creature has three or more judgment counters on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Disturb
Creature - Soldier Spirit
Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment (vow) 12Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment (vow) 12

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Land

Qty: 35 Price: $31.97
Azorius Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Azorius Guildgate (fdn) 683
Baldur's Gate
: Add
.
,
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.
Legendary Land - Gate
Baldur's Gate (clb) 345
Basilisk Gate
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Gate
Basilisk Gate (mb2) 104
Citadel Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than white.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land - Gate
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (ecc) 59
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (ecl) 273
Gateway Plaza
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay
.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land - Gate
Gateway Plaza (plst) GRN-247
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (eoc) 160
Gond Gate
Gates you control enter untapped.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.
Land - Gate
Gond Gate (clb) 353
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (fic) 403
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (ecl) 270
Manor Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than green.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land - Gate
Manor Gate (clb) 356
Maze's End
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Return this land to its owner's hand: Search your library for a Gate card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game.
Land
Maze's End (fdn) 727
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (ecl) 269
Plaza of Harmony
When this land enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 3 life.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any type that a Gate you control could produce.
Land
Plaza of Harmony (plst) RNA-254
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.
: Add
or
.
Land
Port Town (fic) 412
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (fic) 413
Sea Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than blue.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land - Gate
Sea Gate (clb) 359
Seaside Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Seaside Citadel (ecc) 166
Selesnya Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Selesnya Guildgate (fdn) 694
Simic Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Simic Guildgate (fdn) 695
Sunpetal Grove
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sunpetal Grove (fic) 432
Temple of Enlightenment
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.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Enlightenment (eoc) 186
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.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Mystery (fic) 436
Temple of Plenty
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.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Plenty (fic) 437

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Lifegain

Qty: 1 Price: $1.29
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (wwk) 16

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Protection

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Angelic Shield
Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Enchantment
Angelic Shield (plst) INV-228
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
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (tdc) 316
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 - Wall
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 7
Fog Bank
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.
Creature - Wall
Fog Bank (fdn) 591
Fortified Rampart
Defender
Creature - Wall
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (tdc) 102
Mirror Shield
Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has hexproof and "Whenever a creature with deathtouch blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, destroy that creature."
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Mirror Shield (thb) 234
Monastery Flock
Defender, flying
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature - Bird
Monastery Flock (ktk) 47
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
Riptide Turtle
Flash
Defender
Creature - Turtle
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61
Slagwurm Armor
Equipped creature gets +0/+6.
Equip
(
: 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 - Equipment
Slagwurm Armor (mrd) 243
Steel Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Steel Wall (td2) 3
Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
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
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (tdc) 328
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall
The Walls of Ba Sing Se (tla) 261
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
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
Wall of Frost (mm3) 56
Wall of Glare
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature can block any number of creatures.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Glare (uds) 25
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
Weathered Sentinels
Defender, vigilance, reach, trample
This creature can attack players who attacked you during their last turn as though it didn't have defender.
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Weathered Sentinels (tdc) 336

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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 (tdc) 246
Bar the Door
Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.
Instant
Bar the Door (dka) 2
Crenellated Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crenellated Wall (mmq) 290
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (tdc) 275

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (otc) 252
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 (tdc) 248
Circuitous Route
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Circuitous Route (fdn) 635
Explore the Underdark
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
You take the initiative.
Sorcery
Explore the Underdark (clb) 232
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 - Plant
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
Growth Spiral
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Growth Spiral (dsc) 88
Open the Gates
Search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Open the Gates (rvr) 151
Shield Sphere
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Shield Sphere (all) 129
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (m3c) 305
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
Sylvan Scrying
Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Sylvan Scrying (m3c) 248

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Removal

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Cathedral Membrane
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Defender
When this creature dies during combat, it deals 6 damage to each creature it blocked this combat.
Creature Artifact - Wall Phyrexian
Cathedral Membrane (nph) 5
Dusk
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (drc) 65
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (mkc) 65
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 (tdc) 131
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 "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sorcery
The Battle of Bywater (ltr) 2
Unsummon
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Instant
Unsummon (fdn) 599
Wall of Nets
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
At end of combat, exile all creatures blocked by this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners' control.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Nets (exo) 24

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Tokens

Qty: 1 Price: $4.49
Sprouting Phytohydra
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Creature - Plant Hydra
Sprouting Phytohydra (dis) 95

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Tutor

Qty: 2 Price: $1.58
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
Wild Pair
Whenever a creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, you may search your library for a creature card with the same total power and toughness, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Wild Pair (cn2) 196

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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 (plst) RNA-182

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Deck Info

Deck stats

33 pips - 26 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
17 pips - 16 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
15 pips - 14 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 6 cards
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