Arcade's game

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Control GWU (Bant)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Descendant of Soramaro
• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Guardians of Meletis
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 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 Essence
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Artifact (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (33)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Arctic Treeline
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Glacial Floodplain
• 5x Island
• 5x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rimewood Falls
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aspect of Mongoose
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Gauntlets of Light
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chastise
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Fog
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Wear Away

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Ranger's Path
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Solar Tide
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

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This was my very first Commander deck.

I fell in love with Arcades, the Strategist as soon as I saw the spoiler. Aggro and control are my favorites archetypes within Magic. So I builted this Wall Tribe Deck, but I upgraded since the first list.

Now you can win by smashing your opponents with creatures with huge butts like Wall of Denial or Tree of Redemption, add a few things like vigilance from Brave the Sands or Oathsworn Giant, some anthem strategy with Stalwart Shield-Bearers and give your creatures unblockable with Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive. If your opponents cast huge creatures to block yours, don't worry. This deck is full of one sided board wipes like Dusk / Dawn or Wave of Reckoning, but the best one is probably Elspeth, Sun's Champion, she not only clears the table from your opponents threatening creatures and leave yours, Arcades included, but since your creatures stay on the battlefield, they can protect her from your opponent's attacks to wipe the board another time. That's a very cool way to pilot the deck and totally fun. Trust me.

But there is another win condition within this deck. It's not as good as other combos like Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion/Walking Ballista, but you can combo off in turn three with the perfect hand to start the game. The combo uses Axebane Guardian as the main piece. You use Axebane to generate infinite mana with the untap ability from Freed from the Real, Gauntlets of Light or High Alert, once you created infinite mana, you can bounce every permanent your opponents control back to their hands with Capsize then proceed to smash theirs faces, or you can make then draw 350 cards with Blue Sun's Zenith, or even mill then with Doorkeeper, but in this last case you have to be using High Alert, so it can untap the Keeper.

Other cards like Brago, King Eternal may look strange in a Wall Tribe deck, but since Arcade's ability to draw triggers when a creature with defender enters the battlefield, the blinking ability from Brago is very well appreciated and put to good use, drawing tons of cards. Another great value card is Descendant of Soramaro that you can use to manipulate your draws and get the right cards you want or need.

This is my favorite deck to play with and very consistent. Feel free to leave a suggestion, comentary and to ake your own version inspired by my list. To objective of commander is to have fun. Enjoy.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 30 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Commander, EDH Commanders, Commander, Arcades Commander ideas, Decks under $200