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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $79.99
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 (pm19) 212s

Commander

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Anthem

Qty: 1 Price: $2.29
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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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

Bounce

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Creature

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70
Caravan Hurda
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Giant
Caravan Hurda (zen) 5
Lurking Green Dragon
Flying
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls a creature with flying.
Creature - Dragon
Lurking Green Dragon (clb) 239

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 12 Price: $6.70
Adventurous Impulse
Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Sorcery
Adventurous Impulse (iko) 142
Dirgur Island Dragon
Flying
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Creature - Dragon
Dirgur Island Dragon // Skimming Strike (tdm) 40
Dragonlord Ojutai
Flying
Dragonlord Ojutai has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Whenever Dragonlord Ojutai deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Dragonlord Ojutai (plst) DTK-219
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (tdc) 153
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
Korlessa, Scale Singer
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Dragon spells from the top of your library.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Bard
Korlessa, Scale Singer (clb) 280
Orazca Puzzle-Door
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Artifact
Orazca Puzzle-Door (lci) 68
Rune-Sealed Wall
Defender
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Rune-Sealed Wall (fdn) 49
Sleight of Hand
Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
Sorcery
Sleight of Hand (soa) 22
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (fca) 27
Young Blue Dragon
Flying
Creature - Dragon
Young Blue Dragon // Sand Augury (clb) 106

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Evasion

Qty: 3 Price: $1.13
Pseudodragon Familiar
Flying
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Dragon
Pseudodragon Familiar (clb) 88
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
Towering Viewpoint
Defender, reach
Leap of Faith —
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Towering Viewpoint (acr) 77

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $0.99
Towering Titan
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total toughness of other creatures you control.
Sacrifice a creature with defender: All creatures gain trample until end of turn.
Creature - Giant
Towering Titan (tdc) 276

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 32 Price: $30.90
Archway Commons
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay
.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Archway Commons (stx) 263
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 (clb) 346
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
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (ecl) 264
Gates of Istfell
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: You gain 2 life and draw two cards.
Land
Gates of Istfell (khm) 256
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 (war) 246
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
Heap Gate
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
,
, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Land - Gate
Heap Gate (clb) 354
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tla) 293
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 (plst) DGM-152
Meandering River
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Meandering River (ogw) 173
Meditation Pools
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Meditation Pools (tla) 272
North Pole Gates
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
North Pole Gates (tla) 274
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (ecl) 279
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
Selesnya Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Selesnya Guildgate (plst) GRN-255
Simic Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Simic Guildgate (m3c) 378
Skycloud Expanse
,
: Add
.
Land
Skycloud Expanse (afc) 261
Temple of the Dragon Queen
As this land enters, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand. This land enters tapped unless you revealed a Dragon card this way or you control a Dragon.
As this land enters, choose a color.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
Land
Temple of the Dragon Queen (afr) 260
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (tdm) 269
Tranquil Cove
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Tranquil Cove (tdm) 270
Tranquil Landscape
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231

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Lifegain

Qty: 3 Price: $2.83
Overgrown Arch
Defender
: You gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
Creature - Plant Wall
Overgrown Arch (stx) 139
Perimeter Captain
Defender
Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.
Creature - Human Soldier
Perimeter Captain (plst) WWK-16
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

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Pingers

Qty: 1 Price: $5.99
Prodigal Sorcerer
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature - Human Wizard Sorcerer
Prodigal Sorcerer (sld) 1672

Pingers

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Protection

Qty: 14 Price: $44.22
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
Corrupted Shapeshifter
Devoid (This card has no color.)
As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 creature with flying, a 2/5 creature with vigilance, or a 0/12 creature with defender.
Creature - Shapeshifter Eldrazi
Corrupted Shapeshifter (mh3) 56
Dazzling Ramparts
Defender
,
: Tap target creature.
Creature - Wall
Dazzling Ramparts (ktk) 6
Fortified Rampart
Defender
Creature - Wall
Fortified Rampart (bfz) 27
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
Redirect
You may choose new targets for target spell.
Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Flying
You, planeswalkers you control, and other creatures you control have hexproof.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Angel
Shalai, Voice of Plenty (tdc) 130
Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
Swooping Protector
Flash
Flying
This creature enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Creature - Bird Citizen
Swooping Protector (snc) 33
Taigam, Ojutai Master
Instant, sorcery, and Dragon spells you control can't be countered.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, if Taigam attacked this turn, that spell gains rebound. (Exile the spell as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Legendary Creature - Human Monk
Taigam, Ojutai Master (mul) 60
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 (plst) MM3-56
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

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (tdc) 275

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $5.40
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
Cryptic Gateway
Tap two untapped creatures you control: You may put a creature card from your hand that shares a creature type with each creature tapped this way onto the battlefield.
Artifact
Cryptic Gateway (dmr) 218
Explore
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Explore (ncc) 289
Ojutai Monument
: Add
or
.
: This artifact becomes a 4/4 white and blue Dragon artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
Artifact
Ojutai Monument (dtk) 242
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Rampart Architect
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a 1/3 white Wall creature token with defender.
Whenever a creature you control with defender dies, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Advisor Elephant
Rampart Architect (tdc) 47
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (ddd) 4
Worn Powerstone
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add
.
Artifact
Worn Powerstone (mh3) 298

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 3 Price: $2.19
Auroral Procession
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Instant
Auroral Procession (tdm) 169
Sigil of the New Dawn
Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay
. If you do, return that card to your hand.
Enchantment
Sigil of the New Dawn (plst) UMA-35
Spellkeeper Weird
,
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Weird
Spellkeeper Weird (war) 69

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 11 Price: $113.91
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (purl) 2
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Disenchant (znr) 10
Green Dragon
Flying
Poison Breath — When this creature enters, until end of turn, whenever a creature an opponent controls is dealt damage, destroy it.
Creature - Dragon
Green Dragon (afr) 186
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (znr) 71
Ojutai's Command
Choose two —
• Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• You gain 4 life.
• Counter target creature spell.
• Draw a card.
Instant
Ojutai's Command (dtk) 227
Origin of Metalbending
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant - Lesson
Origin of Metalbending (tla) 187
Plummet
Destroy target creature with flying.
Instant
Plummet (iko) 169
Sanctify
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Sanctify (vow) 33
Saw It Coming
Counter target spell.
Foretell
(During your turn, you may pay
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Instant
Saw It Coming (khm) 76
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
Steel Hellkite
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.
Creature Artifact - Dragon
Steel Hellkite (tdc) 327

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Tokens

Qty: 4 Price: $1.40
Protector of Gondor
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Creature - Human Soldier
Protector of Gondor (ltr) 25
Rally the Monastery
This spell costs
less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn.
Choose one —
• Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess.
• Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Instant
Rally the Monastery (tdm) 19
Recruitment Drive
Roll a d20.
1—9 | Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
10—19 | Create two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens.
20 | Create three 2/2 white Knight creature tokens.
Sorcery
Recruitment Drive (clb) 38
Riling Dawnbreaker
Flying, vigilance
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Dragon
Riling Dawnbreaker // Signaling Roar (tdm) 21

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79
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

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Untap

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79
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

28 pips - 26 cards
22 mana - 21 cards
33 pips - 27 cards
21 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
19 pips - 17 cards
15 mana - 14 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
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