Strategist's Defense

Commander / EDH* Combo GWU (Bant)

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Land (28)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

1sidedWipe (4)

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

Utility (3)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

WallSynergy (3)

• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar

Control (12)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Spell Snare
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Turn Aside

BeaterWall (9)

• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Murmuring Phantasm
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Tutor (5)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Tax (5)

• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Winter Orb

InfiManaWincon (3)

• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Sands of Delirium

Recursion (2)

• 1x Junktroller
• 1x Wildest Dreams

Commander (1)

DrawEngine (10)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Psychic Membrane
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens

Ramp (9)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid

InfiniteUntapsWincon (4)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Tidewater Minion

Equipment (1)

• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir

FUN (1)

• 1x Armageddon

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Other (11)

• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Retaliate
• 1x Spidersilk Armor
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Wave of Reckoning
• 1x Wildest Dreams

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Main Strategy is to have Arcades, the Strategist on the table and turn your defense to offense.

Synergies/Combos/Wincon

Wall of Kelp + Arcades, the Strategist = every turn additional draw
Wall of Kelp + Wall of Mulch = every turn additional draw
Wall of Kelp + Axebane Guardian + Intruder Alarm = infinite walls, infinite mana
Axebane Guardian + 1 wall + Freed from the Real/Crab Umbra = infinite mana
Illusionist's Bracers + Aphetto Alchemist / Tidewater Minion = infinite untaps
+ Axebane Guardian = infinite mana + Helix Pinnacle = easy counters
+ Axebane Guardian = infinite mana + Sands of Delirium = mill
+ Chalice of Life   = easy flip Chalice of Death = kill
+ Dragon Throne of Tarkir + Arcades, the Strategist = infinite wall pumps
infinite mana + infinite untaps + Planar Portal = infinite tutor
infinite mana + Testament of Faith = kill

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Top Ranked	Achieved #30 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Arcades