Rolling Stones

Enchantment

Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

amarthaler on EDH Arcades, the Strategist

1 year ago

Updates!

In: Eerie Interlude and Wall of Stolen Identity

Fortified Area and Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones is too outdated and relies on Assault Formation or Huatli, the Sun's Heart in order to work, which is too inconsistent for me. Fortified Area is good, but I realize in my playgroup I need more protection from wrath spells, which Eerie Interlude will provide.

Wall of Stolen Identity is a neat control spell I didn't realize existed - would like to give it a try!

amarthaler on Within these walls, we will outlast them!

1 year ago

Nice build! I love wall tribal, and with Bant colors there's a ton of possibilities. One major downside to wall tribal is, as you mentioned in your description, the fact that they need to be able to deal damage as well. I recommend running more than two cards in your 99 which allow you to assign damage equal to a defender's toughness. The reason I say this is in most playgroups, you'll run into folks waiting to cast removal on your enchantments (or Arcades himself). That being said, run a lot of counter spells or flicker!

Here's a small sample of cards that I especially like in my wall deck:

Rolling Stones or Huatli, the Sun's Heart for an additional two defender enhancements. Glaring Spotlight or Ghostway for protection. Wave of Reckoning might be less niche than Slaughter the Strong, but both are nice cards. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive and Stoneskin are always a fun combo.

Please stop by my build as well as provide some feedback as well! https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/12-06-22-edh-arcades-the-strategist/

Thanks for sharing your deck

SaskeSaskia on Ba Sing Se

1 year ago

Rolling Stones is definitely on my list to get.

The Birth of Meletis dang that card goes hard. Also those are some great walls to pick from, thank you!

TheoryCrafter on Ba Sing Se

1 year ago

Have you considered any combination of Fortified Area and Rolling Stones? Both of these cards would be a boon for your walls.

The Birth of Meletis will gain you a Plains, a Wall and 2 life.

Other cheap Walls you may wish to consider are Shifting Wall, Wall of Glare, Wall of Hope, Wall of Kelp, Wall of Resistance, Wall of Runes, and Wall of Tears.

I hope this helps, thank you for reading me out. Happy Hunting!

Panas on Arcades Advice

2 years ago

Even though Rolling Stones seems like the perfect fit for Arcades, that is not the case. Reading the card carefully, you will notice that although it does, indeed, allow walls to attack, it does not enable them to deal damage based on their toughness. So you will be attacking for 0, most of the time.

See how that differs in Assault Formation, which is an arcades all-star!

RNR_Gaming on Arcades Advice

2 years ago

Walls that replace themselves like Wall of Blossoms and Wall of Omens. Walls that have a good rate Wall of Denial. Walls/defenders that produce positive mana like Axebane Guardian and Overgrown Battlement - these combo with things like Freed from the Real if you have a filter and you can become a wall ball deck. Lastly, cards like Rolling Stones and Assault Formation because you don't want to just lean on your commander for everything.

Nunnallyd_Ali on

3 years ago

I feel like a defender deck would have more synergy with Doran, the Siege Tower , since he can disrupt your opponents, forcing creatures they control to also assign damage with their toughness.

I guess you'd also need a Rolling Stones tho.

TheVectornaut on Walls to the Balls

3 years ago

I recommend Steel Wall if you want toughness for value to put on the pressure and Hornet Nest if you prefer a strong deterrent. I'd also suggest having more redundancy for your commander if you're not spending resources on protecting him. Assault Formation is the most obvious since it also serves as a mana sink on offense. However, Huatli, the Sun's Heart and Rolling Stones sort of work in a pinch. The alternative could be to run more cards like Asceticism.