Flying Fortress (Combo/Aggro Defenders)

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo GWU (Bant) Theme/Gimmick

DukeSteele

Creature (30)

• 1x Amaranthine Wall
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Crenellated Wall
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Resurgence
• 1x Wall of Roots

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Song of the Dryads

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (6)

• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher

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"We are the chosen ones, We sacrifice our blood, We kill for honor, We are the holy ones, Our armour stained with blood, We killed the dragon"

- Battle song of the Knights of Arcades, Elder Dragon War

(Song) Dream Evil - The Chosen Ones

Welcome to my working draft of the mighty Arcades, the Strategist!

I had a defender Tiny Leaders deck (lol) collecting dust, so jumped at the chance to transition from Abzan to Bant!

At the time of posting this (21/7/18) i am attempting a balanced build that can win with EITHER combat damage or combos. Right now I'm wondering what deadwood cards i should cut back on to add a small suite of combat tricks such as Tower Defense etc. I will expand this description over time.

The deck is heavily reliant upon Arcades, the Strategist being in play to establish its card draw engine, at which point you can either go for a big swing or combo out.

WINNING: Create infinite mana/kelp tokens/card draw via Axebane Guardian + Wall of Kelp and Intruder Alarm to play a huge Walking Ballista. Jeskai Barricade and Cloudstone Curio also provide much needed flexibility and combo potential! Killing with combat damage is aided by Triumph of the Hordes. Another option is to establish a bounce loop with Wall of Resurgence to create a huge manland; with Darksteel Citadel providing a handsome target. That's right, if all else fails Arcades will drop his whole citadel on you!

Advice, suggestions and shared experiences would be most welcome!

Toleranda Uincere - Endure to Conquer

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	BR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Folders	Commander decks