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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $5.99
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
Color tag templates(None)
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Anthem

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Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $1.33 $1.05

Anthem

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Bounce

Qty: 1 Price: $1.29
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
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.37 $0.20

Bounce

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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 - Spirit
Carven Caryatid (ima) 156
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.31 $0.17
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26 $0.15
Harmonize
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Harmonize (ema) 170
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.31 $0.25
Kindred Discovery
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.
Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (c17) 11
Color tag templates(None)
$15.99 $12.43 $9.70
Open into Wonder
X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
Sorcery
Open into Wonder (akh) 64
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.30 $0.15
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 - Bird Monk
Orator of Ojutai (f15) 9
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.39 $0.30
Portcullis Vine
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
,
, Sacrifice a creature with defender: Draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Portcullis Vine (grn) 142
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.19 $0.15
Psychic Membrane
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature blocks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Psychic Membrane (mrd) 46
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.21 $0.15
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (plst) STH-125
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $0.41 $0.18
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 (usg) 315
Color tag templates(None)
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Wall of Mulch
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mulch (m15) 208
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.27 $0.15
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (roe) 53
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.32 $0.17
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 (war) 75
Color tag templates(None)
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Evasion

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Angelic Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Creature - Wall
Angelic Wall (avr) 4
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.17 $0.15
Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (m19) 246
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.22 $0.15
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (blc) 177
Color tag templates(None)
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Finisher

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Colossus of Akros
Defender, indestructible
: 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 - Golem
Colossus of Akros (ths) 214
Color tag templates(None)
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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.
: Add
.
Land
Azorius Chancery (dis) 170
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.27 $0.15
Azorius Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Azorius Guildgate (mm3) 230
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.35 $0.15
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (c17) 242
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.35 $0.26
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (akh) 242
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.19 $0.15
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (msh) 295
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.19 $0.15
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.48 $0.25
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (prna) 251p
Color tag templates(None)
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Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (pdom) 240p
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $2.62 $7.07
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (msh) 289
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.18 $0.15
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (msh) 287
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.18 $0.15
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (pbfz) 241p
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $1.25 $1.82
Riveteers Overlook
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Riveteers Overlook (ecc) 162
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.30 $0.15
Seaside Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Seaside Citadel (mm3) 245
Color tag templates(None)
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Selesnya Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Selesnya Guildgate (mm3) 246
Color tag templates(None)
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Selesnya Sanctuary
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Selesnya Sanctuary (rav) 281
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.55 $0.17
Simic Growth Chamber
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dis) 180
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.42 $0.21
Simic Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Simic Guildgate (mm3) 248
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.19 $0.15
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (ktk) 244
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.16 $0.15
Unclaimed Territory
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.
Land
Unclaimed Territory (msc) 275
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.31 $0.15

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Landfall

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Jaddi Offshoot
Defender
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Plant
Jaddi Offshoot (bfz) 176
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

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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
Color tag templates(None)
$7.49 $8.05 $5.92
Huatli, the Sun's Heart
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
−3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Huatli
Huatli, the Sun's Heart (pwar) 230s
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.89 $1.82
Leyline of Vitality
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Leyline of Vitality (m11) 183
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $3.57 $1.77
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (plst) WWK-16
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $0.85 $0.36
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 (uma) 41
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $1.38 $0.51

Lifegain

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Mill

Qty: 2 Price: $1.14
Doorkeeper
Defender
,
: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Creature - Homunculus
Doorkeeper (plst) IMA-53
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.32 $0.15
Wall of Lost Thoughts
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, target player mills four cards. (They put the top four cards of their library into their graveyard.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Lost Thoughts (rna) 59
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.46 $0.41

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Protection

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Amaranthine Wall
Defender
: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Amaranthine Wall (dom) 210
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.28 $0.15
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 (plst) BBD-117
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.34 $0.19
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.45 $0.27
Hover Barrier
Defender, flying
Creature - Illusion Wall
Hover Barrier (rtr) 40
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.40 $0.15
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (c17) 215
Color tag templates(None)
$6.99 $4.29 $4.26
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.07 $0.21
Plumeveil
Flash
Defender, flying
Creature - Elemental
Plumeveil (shm) 145
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.26 $0.15
Sheltering Word
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Sheltering Word (plst) AVR-192
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.18 $0.15
Steel Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Steel Wall (mrd) 248
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.18 $0.15
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 (c17) 226
Color tag templates(None)
$4.49 $2.44 $2.92
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 (gpt) 42
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.06 $0.15
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Denial (mm3) 201
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $1.79 $0.67
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 (pc2) 28
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.28 $0.25
Wall of Mist
Defender
Creature - Wall
Wall of Mist (m19) 83
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.23 $0.18
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.33 $0.15

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Pump

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Break of Day
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Instant
Break of Day (dka) 3
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.15 $0.15
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.53 $0.33
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (gtc) 137
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.34 $0.15

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Ramp

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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 (plst) RTR-115
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.18 $0.15
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 (c17) 147
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.52 $0.28
Explore
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Explore (tle) 259
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $1.65 $0.20
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (rav) 163
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $0.74 $0.71
Frontier Siege
As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of each of your main phases, add
.
• Dragons — Whenever a creature you control with flying enters, you may have it fight target creature you don't control.
Enchantment
Frontier Siege (c17) 150
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.36 $0.26
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 (rtr) 124
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.34 $0.20
Herald's Horn
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.
Artifact
Herald's Horn (c17) 53
Color tag templates(None)
$7.49 $4.57 $4.30
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (mir) 235
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.56 $0.38
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (dis) 166
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.37 $0.26
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (c19) 221
Color tag templates(None)
$2.49 $1.62 $1.36
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $1.61 $0.39
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (mmq) 285
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.36 $0.15
Wayfarer's Bauble
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (c17) 230
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.33 $0.33

Ramp

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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 (ima) 67
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.43 $0.42

Recursion

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Removal

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Cancel
Counter target spell.
Instant
Cancel (m19) 48
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.45 $0.27
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dd2) 24
Color tag templates(None)
$6.49 $5.91 $3.52
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (c14) 7
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.31 $0.23
Naturalize
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Naturalize (gtc) 127
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.57 $0.20
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (m11) 68
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.15 $0.15
Pacifism
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Enchantment - Aura
Pacifism (dtk) 29
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.10 $0.15
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 (f15) 7
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $2.25 $1.97
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 (tsp) 39
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.29 $0.15
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) 22s
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $3.10 $3.94
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (bbd) 110
Color tag templates(None)
$11.99 $5.47 $4.47
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
Color tag templates(None)
$5.99 $5.59 $2.18

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Deck stats

26 pips - 20 cards
15 mana - 15 cards
29 pips - 22 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
25 pips - 22 cards
22 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 2 cards
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