Arcades, the Strategist EDH Deck

Commander / EDH Casual Defender GWU (Bant) Theme/Gimmick Wall

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Land (33)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 4x Plains
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Card Advantage (12)

• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Teyo, Geometric Tactician
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens

Control (16)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Bant Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Expel the Interlopers
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Defensive (14)

• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord
• 1x Wingmantle Chaplain

Win Con (2)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Cloudstone Curio

Commander (1)

Mana Ramp (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Utility (6)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Solidarity
• 1x Tower Defense

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This is my first take on Arcades, the Strategist. Creatures with Defender are so cheap in both $$ and CMC, and I already owned 75% of the cards, so I had to build this deck! Any suggestions on cuts/adds for better synergy much appreciated ^_^

Date added	5 years
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Human 1/1 W, Wall 0/4 W
Folders	Deck Ideas