Bad Touch

Commander / EDH* GWU (Bant) Multiplayer Pillow Fort Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (28)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Gomazoa
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Magus of the Moat
• 1x Nivix Barrier
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Plumeveil
• 1x Portcullis Vine
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Mist
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Nets

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Dovin, Hand of Control
• 1x Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 1x Vivien Reid

Land (39)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Memorial to Unity
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Tranquil Expanse
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Warped Landscape
• 1x Woodland Stream

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Ever-Watching Threshold
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Sight of the Scalelords

Artifact (4)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (12)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Hindering Light
• 1x Incubation / Incongruity
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Turn Aside

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Time Wipe

Commander (1)

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Arcades, the Strategist is a beautiful (and, from what I've seen deckcycled on this website, incredibly popular) card. It lets you put down a bunch of good blockers while reaping card advantage, then turns all of those blockers into beaters.

I took him one step further into a Stax-ish place. I'm looking to establish a game lock by making it so that only my creatures can attack, and then I also have ways to prevent people from ever touching me.

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Key Combos

-Archetype of Imagination + Magus of the Moat

Only my creatures can attack. If nobody can answer this, it's probably game.

-Arcades, the Strategist + Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive + Tree of Redemption

-Assault Formation + Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive + Tree of Redemption

It takes a while to set up, and they'll probably see it coming, but I'll probably be close to or at my starting life total, so this can be a game-ender as well.

Attack Prevention

Aside from the Magusing combo above, these are effects (besides my wall army) that can prevent opponents from attacking.

-propoganda

- Ghostly Prison

- Baird, Steward of Argive

Other Necessities

The deck's counterspell suite was specifically chosen not to answer threats, but to prevent my own threats from being answered. I'm not worried about creatures - the walls can handle them for me.

Vigilance enablers are also an essential part of an Arcades deck - there's no point leaving yourself open behind the wall army.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	BR
Key combos	Archetype of Imagination + Magus of the Moat Arcades, the Strategist + Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive + Tree of Redemption Assault Formation + Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive + Tree of Redemption
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 38 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Emblem Vivien Reid, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Manifest 2/2 C