Arcades, the Strategist

Commander / EDH Budget Control GWU (Bant)

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Creature (39)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Foriysian Interceptor
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Living Wall
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Monastery Flock
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Arch
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Riptide Turtle
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Ice
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Resistance
• 1x Wall of Runes
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord
• 1x Wall of Tears
• 1x Wild-Field Scarecrow

Land (34)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 7x Island
• 7x Plains
• 1x Quandrix Campus
• 1x Saltcrusted Steppe
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tranquil Cove

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Sight of the Scalelords
• 1x Wild Pair

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Nature's Chant
• 1x Negate
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Tower Defense

Artifact (4)

• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Moss Diamond
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

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Creature (6)

• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Wall of Shards

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Search for Tomorrow

Instant (5)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Voidslime

Artifact (3)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet

Land (5)

• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber

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Arcades control with both lots of walls to smash opponents and counters to stop opponent's answers before they happen. Because walls are pretty cheap and our commander draws us cards when they are in play, there is little ramp and card draw.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 9 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 37 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.62
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
Folders	Forever Decks