Like Talking to a Wall... [Extrem Budget!]

Commander / EDH Aggro Budget Casual Defender GWU (Bant) Multiplayer Toughness Matters Wall

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JustWalls (22)

• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Excavated Wall
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Riptide Turtle
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Lost Thoughts
• 1x Wall of Runes
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord
• 1x Wall of Tears

Wipes//Removal (6)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Masked Vandal
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

CMDReplacements (4)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 1x Idyllic Tutor

Land (34)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 5x Island
• 11x Plains
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Woodland Stream

Draw (8)

• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens

Protection (6)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Reveillark

Others (3)

• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Wild Pair

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wall of Roots

Boost (4)

• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Sight of the Scalelords
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Tower Defense

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Maybeboard

Maybe (13)

• 1x Ajani, the Greathearted
• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Marble Titan
• 1x Meishin, the Mind Cage
• 1x Solar Tide
• 1x Song of Freyalise
• 1x Tangle Angler
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x The Birth of Meletis

MoreWall/Defender (13)

• 1x Amaranthine Wall
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Plumeveil
• 1x Portcullis Vine
• 1x Saruli Caretaker
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Ice
• 1x Wall of Mist
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Vines

ExpUpgrades (10)

• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Towering Titan
• 1x Wall of Kelp

AvgUpgrades (7)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Court of Bounty
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunscape Familiar

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High "Power" for low Mana

As you may have noticed, the main theme of the deck is to play as many defenders as possible and draw even more defenders with Arcades, the Strategist. Thanks to Arcades these Defenders transform into BIG hitters and they will only cost you up to three mana. SO most of the time you can play at least two or tree of them in a turn.

Easy Tactic

Not much to say:

• Play Arcades, the Strategist;
• Play a bunch of defenders;
• Draw into more of them;
• Overrun your opponent with big hitters

Important to know

Arcades (OR High Alert, Huatli, the Sun's Heart, Assault Formation) will make our defenders deal damage equal to their toughness, but they still have only 0 power. This is not a disadvantage, on the contrary: we have a few tricks to take advantage of it. (look at "Onesided Boardwipes")

Protection

The strategy consists in overwehlming our opponents with a wide board of big hitter, so boardwipes and target removal on Arcades will set us far back. In this case Eerie Interlude and Faith's Reward will save us. Also Return to the Ranks and Reveillark will bring uns back at least two or in the best case ALL of our defenders.

Onesided Boardwipes

Thanks to Arcades our defenders will hit pretty hard, but they still have 0 power. So Fell the Mighty, Dusk / Dawn and Slaughter the Strong only affect enemy creatures or the enemy board, since our own creatures usually have no power. Also Wave of Reckoning will take down most enemy creatures, while our defenders receive no damage.

Attack-Buffs

• Bar the Door and Tower Defense can be pretty deadly and will often finish at least one opponent
• Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive will help our defenders to get through by making them unblockable
• Sight of the Scalelords gives them vigilance to hold the walls up

Janky Combos

Infinite Mana (any color combination):

High Alert+Axebane Guardian + 4 other defenders

Let's say many creatures:

Wild Pair+Arcades, the Strategist ...Not really a combo...but still...close

For every defender/creature you play, Wild Pair lets you search your libary for any creature with the same stats and puts it directly onto the battlefield AND you draw two cards from Arcades, the Strategist. Since we are running so many low-mana defender with same stats, we will play a lot of them, draw into even more defender and search for so many of them to build an entire board out of nothing... assuming you have enough mana. With Crashing Drawbridge we could finish it of...

Any suggestions or questions? I'd be happy for an Upvote

Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #24 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 0 Rares 35 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	Elephant 3-3 G, Treasure, Wall 0/3 W
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