Arcades Sabboth, Master of the Wall

Commander / EDH* Aggro Battlecruiser Casual GWU (Bant) Multiplayer Tribal

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Creature (42)

• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Arcades Sabboth
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Crenellated Wall
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Glacial Wall
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Living Wall
• 1x Necropolis
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Plumeveil
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shimmering Barrier
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Thunder Wall
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wakestone Gargoyle
• 1x Wall of Air
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Brambles
• 1x Wall of Caltrops
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Essence
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Ice
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Shields
• 1x Wall of Spears
• 1x Wall of Swords
• 1x Wall of Tears

Land (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 4x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 4x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (3)

• 1x Glyph of Delusion
• 1x Glyph of Life
• 1x Glyph of Reincarnation

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Baton of Morale
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Solar Tide
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Fortified Area
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Serra's Blessing

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This is a Wall Tribal deck. As such, there are a LOT of creatures, all of them except Arcades Sabboth have Defender, and all but a tiny handfull of those are Walls. Joining them are the strange wall effects from the dawn of M:tG, like Fortified Area and the Glyphs. Also present are vigilance granters, banding granters, and just a few more little monkey wrenches to throw in the way of enemies trying to make progress.

While this is a blue-including deck, it's dedicated to its tribal theme. As such, it's liable to be weak against combo or creature-light decks while winning on both quantity and quality against other decks that want to use a lot of creatures, especially when considering the package to hate out high-power creatures.

So, what makes the new Arcades so great? Briefly put, he generates colossal card advantage out of a fairly easy source. Walls are, for the most part, quite cheap: the bread and butter of an Arcades Sabboth deck consists of 2 mana and some 3 mana creatures that will be attacking with 4-8 virtual power, often with relevant abilities. Meanwhile, because Arcades draws you a card every time you get a new creature with Defender, your Walls will rapidly flood the board, at least so far as you dare (Depending on your meta, you will probably want to keep a couple back to restart the chain after a wrath of god effect comes down). Because Walls are known for their high toughness, you are also moderately safe from reprisal, though it pays to have vigilance (an ability that walls will, quite naturally, not possess in an innate fashion, necessitating Brave the Sands, Serra's Blessing, or perhaps Masako the Humorless). Essentially, the vast bulk of the deck pulls well above its very low mana curve, and keeps your hand full.

Top Ranked	Achieved #63 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall
Folders	decks