Arcades, Defender Commander

Commander / EDH Budget Card Draw Matters Defender GWU (Bant) Toughness Matters Wall

DarkKiridon

Creature (34)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Walking Bulwark
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Crystal Barricade
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Rune-Sealed Wall
• 1x Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Weathered Sentinels
• 1x Bedrock Tortoise
• 1x Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1x Corrupted Shapeshifter
• 1x High Fae Trickster
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wingmantle Chaplain
• 1x Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1x Towering Titan
• 1x The Pride of Hull Clade

Land (36)

• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Escape Tunnel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 5x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Stoneskin
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Angelic Chorus

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Declaration in Stone
• 1x Expel the Interlopers
• 1x Last March of the Ents

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Blustersquall
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Shape the Sands
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Aegis of the Heavens
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Stroke of Midnight

Artifact (6)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage

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Maybeboard

Creature (16)

• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shifting Wall
• 1x Jaddi Offshoot
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Wall of Vines
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Towering Viewpoint
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
• 1x Plumeveil
• 1x Rigo, Streetwise Mentor
• 1x Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1x Colossus of Akros

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Angelic Shield
• 1x Assemble the Players
• 1x On the Trail
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Myth Unbound
• 1x Treefolk Umbra
• 1x Dormant Grove  ^Flip
• 1x Unnatural Growth

Land (3)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Windswept Heath

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Instant (6)

• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Aetherspouts

Artifact (4)

• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Panharmonicon

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

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Arcades, the Strategist is one of my favorite cards. I turned my modern version into EDH. Let me know what you think.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Bird 1/1 W, Clue, Human 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Wall 0/3 W
Folders	Opponents, try it out, commander