Doran Defenders - Budget

Commander / EDH

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Creature (33)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Archers' Parapet
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blessed Orator
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Crenellated Wall
• 1x Dazzling Ramparts
• 1x Disowned Ancestor
• 1x Graveblade Marauder
• 1x Indomitable Ancients
• 1x Jaddi Lifestrider
• 1x Magnigoth Treefolk
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Penumbra Spider
• 1x Rotting Mastodon
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Silent Skimmer
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Skinshifter
• 1x Sporecap Spider
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wakestone Gargoyle
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Souls
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Land (40)

• 1x Forbidding Watchtower
• 14x Forest
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 11x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 6x Swamp

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Chosen by Heliod
• 1x Feed the Pack
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Artifact (5)

• 1x Accorder's Shield
• 1x Belbe's Armor
• 1x Ensouled Scimitar
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Warmonger's Chariot

Instant (8)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Foul Renewal
• 1x Ready / Willing
• 1x Rootgrapple
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Solidarity
• 1x Tower Defense

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Crime / Punishment
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Kin-Tree Invocation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Solar Tide
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Commander (1)

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Creature (57)

• 1x Abomination
• 1x Ancient Spider
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Bazaar Krovod
• 1x Beacon Hawk
• 1x Black Poplar Shaman
• 1x Bosk Banneret
• 1x Cemetery Gate
• 1x Charging Paladin
• 1x Chorus of the Conclave
• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Grizzled Leotau
• 1x Haazda Snare Squad
• 1x Ikiral Outrider
• 1x Jareth, Leonine Titan
• 1x Joven's Ferrets
• 1x Juvenile Gloomwidow
• 1x Kami of Old Stone
• 1x Karador, Ghost Chieftain
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests *f-etch*
• 1x Kjeldoran Outrider
• 1x Korozda Guildmage
• 1x Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Marble Titan
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Orchard Warden
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Rhox Meditant
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sylvan Primordial
• 1x Tangle Angler
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Unstoppable Ash
• 1x Verdeloth the Ancient
• 1x Veteran Armorer
• 1x Vhati il-Dal
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Resistance
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Wall of Shadows
• 1x Wandering Tombshell
• 1x Wispmare
• 1x Xathrid Gorgon
• 1x Yoked Ox

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Castle
• 1x Hero's Resolve
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x True Conviction

Artifact (8)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Kite Shield
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Vanguard's Shield

Instant (9)

• 1x Banishing Stroke
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Reach of Branches
• 1x Shape the Sands

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 2x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

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Commander deck with all non-lands coming it at around $35, and each card other than Doran costing no more than around $2.50.

Focus is clearly on high toughness cards, with about 4 options to turn defenders into attackers. Decent selection of removal (including multiple board wipes, targeting higher power creatures), some ramping, and a little card advantage.

Some concerns: Will this deck be fast enough to kill things, knowing that the defenders won't be able to attack until enabled? Also, will it hold up in a late game, without any cards that add exponential-growth-firepower?

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Human 2/2 G, Spider 2/4 B, Spirit Warrior */* BG, Wolf 2/2 G