Arcades Defender Tribal

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

Drakorya

Instant (9)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Treva's Charm

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Hold the Gates
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Sight of the Scalelords

Artifact (6)

• 1x Belbe's Armor
• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Creature (31)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Bonded Fetch
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Dazzling Ramparts
• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Sanctum Plowbeast
• 1x Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Snow Fortress
• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wakestone Gargoyle
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Omens

Land (38)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Grasslands
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Solidarity

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Wargate

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Artifact (3)

• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Warmonger's Chariot

Creature (14)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Belligerent Brontodon
• 1x Crenellated Wall
• 1x Dormant Sliver
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Gomazoa
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Marble Titan
• 1x Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
• 1x Plumeveil
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Shards

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Prototype Bant Arcades, the Strategist Defender Commander/EDH decklist.

Using Arcades Sabboth as a placeholder for the new Arcades coming in Core Set 2019.

The core of the deck is to use Arcades to draw a bunch a defender creatures and get aggro. Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa and Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive help our creatures become unblockable, and Brawn, Dragon Throne of Tarkir and Primal Rage help by giving our creatures trample.

There is also some Axebane Guardian combos, using Freed from the Real, Pemmin's Aura or Umbral Mantle to get infinite mana.

A good play of the deck will be using Congregation at Dawn and placing Axebane Guardian, Drift of Phantasms and either Bonded Fetch or Doorkeeper on top of your library. Drift of Phantasms can transmute for Umbral Mantle, then you can use the infinite mana from Axebane Guardian + Umbral Mantle to filter through your deck with Bonded Fetch or mill everyone out with Doorkeeper.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	BR
Splash colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Golem 4/4 C, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Commander decklists, Arcades EDH