Dedicated Defense (Arcades)

Commander / EDH GWU (Bant)

kimosabe

Land (35)

• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Brokers Hideout
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 6x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (10)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Voidslime
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Force of Will

Creature (24)

• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Wall of Runes
• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Faithbound Judge  ^Flip
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Platinum Angel

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage
• 1x The Wanderer

Artifact (1)

• 1x Meekstone

Commander (1)

Enchantment (22)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Witness Protection
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Nine Lives
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Treefolk Umbra
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Mind Unbound
• 1x Decree of Silence

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Azor's Elocutors
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade

Land (1)

• 1x Safe Haven

Artifact (3)

• 1x Witchbane Orb
• 1x Witchbane Orb
• 1x Orbs of Warding

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Assault Formation

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YOU WLL NEVER LOSE A GAME You just may never win one either ;) This deck focuses on defence alone

Dedicated Defense:

• Creature Defense: Punching through walls is not rewarding and I have a pretty standard load out. I do run fewer of them than most decks I've seen due to the enchantment combos I run. The deck also has a strong pillow fort with Propaganda, Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety. For Creatures with annoying abilities we have cards like: Pongify, Witness Protection, Voidslime.

• Instant and Sorcery Defense: Hard to protect yourself from all instants and sorceries but our hexproof load out will eliminate most of them--> Leyline of Sanctity, Teyo, the Shieldmage, Asceticism, Privileged Position. The totem armors also work as some form of protection from removal and board wipes.

• Enchantments and Artifacts: Green and White are filled with ways to do this. Return to Dust, and Krosan Grip are my favorites, but there are plenty of others.

Combos, Wins, and Lifesavers

• Sephara, Sky's Blade + Archetype of Imagination= Castle in the Sky (flying indestructible walls)
• Solitary Confinement + Mind Unbound = Perfect Force field (no damage, hexproof)
• Nine Lives or Phyrexian Unlife + Solemnity = Immortal
• Indestructibility + Privileged Position = MC Hammmer can't touch this. Everything has hexproof, the thing that gives everything hexproof has indestructible.

• Decree of Silence + Solemnity = Ultimate Embargo

• Wins: Approach of the Second Sun, Azor's Elocutors. You'd surprised how easy it is to win with Arcades, the Strategist + Treefolk Umbra

• Lifesavers: Angel's Grace, or Platinum Angel

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 8 Rares 31 - 1 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Wall 0/3 W
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