Arcades, the Flexible

Commander / EDH Aggro Competitive Control GWU (Bant) Jank Tribal

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Creature (29)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Serene Master
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thallid Shell-Dweller
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Slaughter the Strong

Land (33)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream HP
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Voidslime

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Fortified Area
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Leyline of Vitality
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sight of the Scalelords
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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Enchantment (7)

• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 2x Guardian Project
• 1x Serra's Blessing
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Creature (5)

• 1x Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Traproot Kami
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Return to the Ranks

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This is my actual Arcades deck. Unlike Arcades Budget I do not have any artificial restrictions on its contents. It started out as a "pillow fort" (if you could use your pillows as bludgeoning weapons) deck and got me to 1st in a EDH league at my LGS. I've made alterations to it to play more aggressively now that people at said LGS take the deck more seriously.

The way I see it, Arcades, the Strategist wants to command a flexible deck that can play just as well on offense as it can on defense. The deck massively benefits by turning cheap, efficient, and effective blockers such as Wall of Denial into card draw value and grossly powerful attackers. While the primary goal is to combat damage, it grants you the ability to sit back, play re-actively, and let your opponents weaken/ kill each other and then finish them off when they are weak and vulnerable.

I by no means consider the deck finished. But its in a great state at the moment if you want to try it yourself.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W