Arcades $30 Challenge

Commander / EDH Budget Casual GWU (Bant) Multiplayer

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Creature (34)

• 1x Aerie Mystics
• 1x Amphin Pathmage
• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Belligerent Brontodon
• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Guardians of Meletis
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Manor Gargoyle
• 1x Minamo Sightbender
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Murmuring Phantasm
• 1x One-Eyed Scarecrow
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Primal Plasma
• 1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Skyward Eye Prophets
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Wakestone Gargoyle
• 1x Wall of Air
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (35)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Forest
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 8x Island
• 6x Plains
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bramblecrush
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Fade into Antiquity
• 1x Kirtar's Wrath
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Revoke Existence

Artifact (4)

• 1x Accorder's Shield
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Countermand
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Negate
• 1x Overrule
• 1x Selesnya Charm
• 1x Spare from Evil
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Tribute to the Wild
• 1x Turn Aside

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Arrest
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Steel of the Godhead

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My play group decided to do a challenge to Build an EDH deck for $30 or less I'll set out the rules incase you would like to give it a try.

Rules

1) All standard EDH rules apply

2) Commander is given to you by someone else in the play group

3) Commander must cost under $10 and does not count towards your $30 limit

4) All lands under $2 do not count towards the limit

Custom Categories Explained

Defender - Cards with defender for my commander

Nonbasic - Nonbasic lands separated so people can check prices vs deck cost

Ramp - Anything that will help my mana situation

Counter - Counter spells

Kill - Purely Creature removal

Pump - Anything for making my creatures bigger

Removal - Non-creature removal

Protect - Things primarily to protect my commander

Backup - Other ways to create the same effects that my commander has

Evasion - sneak through he damage

The Math

Arcades, the Strategist - $5.00

Azorius Guildgate - $0.15

Command Tower - $1.51

Evolving Wilds - $0.16

Graypelt Refuge - $0.39

Seaside Citadel - $0.99

Sejiri Refuge - $0.42

Selesnya Guildgate - $0.17

Simic Guildgate - $0.16

Temple of the False God - $0.57

Terramorphic Expanse - $0.21

Thornwood Falls - $0.25

Vivid Creek - $0.33

Vivid Grove - $0.33

Vivid Meadow - $0.39

Total allowed overage - $11.03

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 7 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 36 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Horror */* C, Spirit 1/1 W