Bant Butts - Arcades, the Strategist

Commander / EDH* Competitive GWU (Bant) Tribal

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Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 6x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Slaughter the Strong

Creature (26)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Marble Titan
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wakestone Gargoyle
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Instant (8)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Walking Ballista

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Genesis Wave

Instant (3)

• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Illusionist's Stratagem
• 1x Thunderheads

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Pemmin's Aura

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I like Bant Butts and I cannot lie...

Just saw this spoiled and needed to throw a list together. Seems super fun!

For now, I have decided to try for a more aggro build, leaving out the combos. I left the combo pieces in the maybeboard so yall can find them there.

Infinite Combos Show

Infinite Mana

Axebane Guardian + Freed from the Real or Pemmin's Aura = Infinite Mana of Any Color

Infinite Mana Outlet

Walking Ballista

Lab Man

Gen Wave

Infinite Mana + Genesis Wave = Put every permanent from your deck (including Laboratory Maniac) onto the battlefield and then all the etb triggers from all the Walls will deck you.

Infinite Draw

With Infinite Mana Combo Above

Mnemonic Wall

Infinite Mana + Laboratory Maniac on the bf + Mnemonic Wall + Ghostly Flicker or Illusionist's Stratagem = Infinite Draw Win

Thunderheads

Infinite Mana + Laboratory Maniac on the bf + Thunderheads = Infinite Draw Win

Jeskai Barricade

Infinite Mana + Laboratory Maniac on the bf + Jeskai Barricade + any Clone = Infinite Draw Win

Peregrine Drake

Laboratory Maniac on the bf + Mnemonic Wall + Peregrine Drake + Ghostly Flicker or Illusionist's Stratagem = Infinite Draw Win

Thanks for the feedback and don't forget to upvote!

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
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