Excavated Wall

Artifact Creature — Wall

Defender

{1}, {T}: Mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Brawl	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

DatShepTho on Arcades, the Defender Commander

4 months ago

Some suggestions:

Excavated Wall

Fortified Rampart

Orator of Ojutai

Wall of Tanglecord

Slaughter the Strong

Flumph also makes the game a bit more fun

There's also the possibility to use Hold the Gates if you wished to swamp out some basics for some gates

TriusMalarky on

2 years ago

If you want to focus on the high toughness aspect more, I'd recommend moving to a Walls list.

Walls wants to use the things like Huatli, Assault Formation and such to hit hard, but it also employs a High Alert + Axebane Guardian combo. With four creatures with defender in play, you make infinite mana. This shouldn't be your main plan, of course, but it is a very fun include that means that if the game goes long, and with a walls deck, it probably will, you have a big advantage.

You also get Arcades, the Strategist , who lets you draw a TON of cards and is just the best payoff for big butts period.

Walls you'll want to consider include Dragon's Eye Sentry , Excavated Wall , Jaddi Offshoot , Secret Door , Wall of Runes , The Birth of Meletis , Saruli Caretaker , and Portcullis Vine .

You also get to run the amazing Tower Defense . If you cast tower defense with a good board and High Alert/Arcades out, you sort of just win on the spot.

Eloniel on Nobody has the intention of building a Wall

2 years ago

Hey K4m4r0 so regarding Flumph since you choose the opponent that get the card, you can choose the one that is way behind other and benefit from a card draw, personally i think it's worth it. You can make deal with other player with it like i attack you with it and you block with 1/1, 2/2 or 3/3 and we are both rewarded that way you draw and you remove a creature from the opponent board.

Regarding Steel Wall and Excavated Wall , a new card was spoiled between my last message and now. It's Secret Door , ok it's one blue instead of a generic mana but i feel we would want to use more often his ability than the mill one.

Two 0/4 defender in the same set, maybe it's a defender cycle in this set and we will receive a green defender ?

PS: are you french ? Kamaro is the name of a rap artist there.

K4m4r0 on Nobody has the intention of building a Wall

2 years ago

Hey Eloniel, I haven't tested it yet. Our group hasn't met for a while now, due to the restrictions. Hopefully soon! I don't like cards who give advantege to my opponents, therefore I probably won't add Flumph . Aside from flying, he isn't very special either. You are right with Excavated Wall and I will get my hands on one and switch it with Steel Wall , thanks!

Eloniel on Nobody has the intention of building a Wall

2 years ago

Also Excavated Wall is a very slight upgrade to Steel Wall even if we will not use the mill ability most of the time.