Arcades' Defense Strategem

Commander / EDH GWU (Bant)

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Land (37)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Windswept Heath

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage

Creature (31)

• 1x Amaranthine Wall
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Artifact (6)

• 1x Behemoth Sledge
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Valorous Stance

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

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Win Con:

Creature based combat damage.

Defender attacking enablers: Arcades, the Strategist , Assault Formation and Rolling Stones .

Assisting effects: Primal Rage and Rancor (trample), Duelist's Heritage (double strike), Brave the Sands and Always Watching (Vigilance), Rogue's Passage , Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa and Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (prevent blocking)

Ramp: Ramp spells Cultivate , Farseek . Artifact ramp with Sol Ring and Thought Vessel Mana dorks Sylvan Caryatid , Vine Trellis , Overgrown Battlement , Wall of Roots and Axebane Guardian

Card Draw: Arcades, the Strategist , Carven Caryatid , Jungle Barrier , Wall of Blossoms , Wall of Omens and Wall of Mulch (plus the huge amount of card draw generated when Arcades, the Strategist is on the board)

Control: Beast Within , Reality Shift , Swords to Plowshares , Curse of the Swine , Forsake the Worldly and Imprisoned in the Moon (single target removal). Counterspell (to uhh... counter spells). Austere Command (a board wipe for creatures/ enchantments/artifacts), Meekstone (keeps your opponents creatures tapped down). Retribution of the Meek , Dusk / Dawn , Elspeth, Sun's Champion and Wave of Reckoning (board wipes that don't hit your creatures). Scavenger Grounds (to deal with problematic graveyards)

Tutors: Drift of Phantasms looks for any 3cmc spell, Fabricate looks for any artifact

Protection: Eerie Interlude , Rootborn Defenses , Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves

Recursion: Mnemonic Wall and Sun Titan

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	BR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Soldier 1/1 W, Wall 0/3 W