Strategic Defense

Commander / EDH Defender GWU (Bant)

Acolyte_of_Avacyn

Creature (35)

• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Bonded Fetch
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Monastery Flock
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Towering Titan
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Ice
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 7x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 7x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 7x Plains
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tower Defense

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x High Alert

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lantern of the Lost
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity
• 1x Talisman of Unity

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage

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“MOBILIZE THE WALLS…”

Arcades wins by attacking consistently with more and bigger creatures than anyone else. In the early game, it’s usually best to save creatures until he’s out, even if that means playing nothing early, to take full advantage of the card draw. From then on, he plays aggressively and consistently, attacking as much as possible until he’s the last one standing. Be sure to target any deck that can routinely generate enough blockers to stop the defenders, since it’ll be very hard to kill them one on one. And play high-cost defenders first, since you don’t necessarily know how many more you’ll draw into, so you need to use mana efficiently.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Wall 0/3 W