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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 (plst) M19-212

Commander

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Anthem

Qty: 2 Price: $3.58
Serra's Blessing
Creatures you control have vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)
Enchantment
Serra's Blessing (9ed) 44
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46

Anthem

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arcades' strategies

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Aurification
Whenever a creature deals damage to you, put a gold counter on it.
Each creature with a gold counter on it is a Wall in addition to its other creature types and has defender. (Those creatures can't attack.)
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, remove all gold counters from all creatures.
Enchantment
Aurification (ons) 6
Comeuppance
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.
Instant
Comeuppance (mkc) 58
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
Flumph
Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.
Creature - Jellyfish
Flumph (afr) 15
Illusionist's Gambit
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.
Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or planeswalkers you control that combat.
Instant
Illusionist's Gambit (blc) 166
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
Misleading Signpost
Flash
When this artifact enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.)
: Add
.
Artifact
Misleading Signpost (woc) 11
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 (10e) 286
Redirect
You may choose new targets for target spell.
Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
Triumph of the Hordes
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and infect. (Creatures with infect deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Sorcery
Triumph of the Hordes (plst) NPH-123
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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Bounce

Qty: 1 Price: $0.99
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

Bounce

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Counters

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Canopy Gargantuan
Flying, ward

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a number of +1/+1 counters on each other creature you control equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature - Dragon
Canopy Gargantuan (tdc) 45

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Draw

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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
Plagon, Lord of the Beach
When Plagon enters, draw a card for each creature you control with toughness greater than its power.
: Target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power this turn.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Starfish
Plagon, Lord of the Beach (j25) 37
Psychic Membrane
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Psychic Membrane (mrd) 46
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
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
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) 172
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138

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Evasion

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Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (m14) 4
Assassin Den
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It can't be blocked this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Wall
Assassin Den (acr) 281
Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (tle) 170

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $17.64
Forest
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Basic Land - Forest
Forest (sos) 280
Island
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Basic Land - Island
Island (sos) 274
Plains
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Basic Land - Plains
Plains (sos) 272

Land

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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
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 - Spirit Wall
Wall of Reverence (tdc) 139

Lifegain

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Protection

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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 (m3c) 165
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
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
Gomazoa
Defender, flying
: Put this creature and each creature it's blocking on top of their owners' libraries, then those players shuffle.
Creature - Jellyfish
Gomazoa (cmd) 48
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 (soc) 350
Neurok Stealthsuit
Equipped creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
: Attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Neurok Stealthsuit (5dn) 140
Nivix Barrier
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, target attacking creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Creature - Illusion Wall
Nivix Barrier (ori) 66
Reins of Power
Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.
Instant
Reins of Power (clb) 734
Robe of Stars
Equipped creature gets +0/+3.
Astral Projection —
: Equipped creature phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Robe of Stars (afc) 11
Spidersilk Armor
Creatures you control get +0/+1 and have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)
Enchantment
Spidersilk Armor (plst) MMQ-273
Teferi's Protection
Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.
Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
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
Vertigo Spawn
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Illusion
Vertigo Spawn (cn2) 125
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 (plst) MM3-56

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Pump

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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

Pump

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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 (soc) 127
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
Decanter of Endless Water
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (eoc) 50
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
Sunscape Familiar
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wall
Sunscape Familiar (plst) PLS-17
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
Talisman of Curiosity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Curiosity (drc) 140
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (fic) 367
Talisman of Unity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Unity (mkc) 244
Tempt with Discovery
Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.
Sorcery
Tempt with Discovery (blc) 124
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (fic) 368

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Recursion

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Mnemonic Wall
Defender
When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wall
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67
Reunion of the House
Return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Reunion of the House.
Sorcery
Reunion of the House (tdc) 15

Recursion

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Removal

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
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
Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
Creature - Spirit
Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch (bok) 39
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 (soc) 159
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (eoc) 46
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (soc) 179
Time Stop
End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities, including this spell. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage heals and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
Instant
Time Stop (fdn) 166
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
Wall of Tears (sth) 50

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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 - 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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Deck stats

24 pips - 21 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
32 pips - 26 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
19 pips - 15 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 5 cards
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