Arcades, the Strategist

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo GWU (Bant)

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Defenders (25)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Portcullis Vine
• 1x Quicksilver Wall
• 1x Saruli Caretaker
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wall of Air
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Lost Thoughts
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Anti-Removal (9)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Combo (7)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Quicksilver Wall
• 1x Wall of Lost Thoughts

Land (35)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 9x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Targeted Removal (11)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crushing Canopy
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Strip Mine

Combat (7)

• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Other (1)

• 1x Ankh of Mishra

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Saruli Caretaker
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wall of Roots

Draw (10)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Portcullis Vine
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens

Board Wipe (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Tutor (4)

• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Wargate

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This is a highly tuned version of defender tribal. There are four ways for the deck to combo out:

1. Aluren + Cloudstone Curio + 2x defenders + Arcades = infinite draw
2. Quicksilver Wall + Intruder Alarm + >7 mana from walls/dorks = infinite mana
3. Wall of Kelp + Axebane Guardian + Intruder Alarm = infinite mana + infinite kelp
4. Aluren + Cloudstone Curio + Wall of Lost Thoughts + 1x defender = infinite mill

Aside from the combos, it's a fun deck to play if you enjoy attacking every turn.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.48
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Beast 3/3 G
Folders	Commander, Playable