Stuck Between a Wall and a Hard Place

Commander / EDH

Hoiger_Howgendoogen Lyko

Creature (33)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Clinging Anemones
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Dazzling Ramparts
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Grozoth
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Monastery Flock
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sunweb
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thallid Shell-Dweller
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Air
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Resurgence
• 1x Wall of Reverence

Land (39)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Boreal Shelf
• 1x Command Tower
• 8x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 10x Island
• 11x Plains
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Skyline Cascade
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Artifact (8)

• 1x Accorder's Shield
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magebane Armor
• 1x Obelisk of Bant
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vanguard's Shield
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Predatory Rampage
• 1x Slaughter the Strong

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Aegis of the Heavens
• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tenacity
• 1x Tower Defense

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands

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This is my wall deck. There are many like it but this one is mine.

I thought it would be fun to make a deck where I can just sit and defend myself with walls and then attack when I am ready. That is very much what this deck is.

This is a deck my wife Lyko helped me make.

Most of the cards in this deck are 2-3 Mana cost and almost all of them have Defender. The reason we did this was so I can use cheap high toughness cards and then us Arcades, the Strategist to then allow all of those defenders to attack and assign combat damage equal to their toughness. For example take this combination: Arcades, the Strategist + Wall of Denial . This would allow Wall of Denial to essentially be an 8/8 with Flying and Shroud for a 3 Mana cost. Additionally, if I have Arcades, the Strategist out on the field then I get to draw a card every time I play a Defender.

It isn't the absolute strongest deck but it is pretty good and it is a lot of fun. I will likely tweak a few cards in the future.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Arcades, the Strategist + Wall of Denial
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 0 Rares 35 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.07
Tokens	Copy Clone, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G