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The Crumbling Walls of Death...

Commander / EDH* GWU (Bant)

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Ever since I started playing magic I've loved the idea of building a commander deck that could support defenders and oh boy does Arcades, the Strategist get the job done! First of all Arcades offers so much fun for defenders especially when you can take a little 2 drop and turn it into 6 damage every turn. Arcades the Strategist is for a 3/5 Elder Dragon. He has the keywords Flying and vigilance which allows him to evade somethings and consistently poke them for 3 damage. He also has "Whenever a creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card." the last text block on Arcades reads "Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didn't have defender."

First and foremost this deck is not competitive at all and I will never make it competitive, as I believe it is more fun to play the less seen defender cards in this deck rather than fill this deck with combos that fit the colors. The goal of this deck is to swing in big with walls, and possibly make them get a little infectious with Triumph of the Hordes . Most of the time the deck is going to work very defensively by making them choose not to attack into 0/7 walls that will kill just about any threat they have. My primary goal for this deck is to play defensively until I get the right board state to be aggressive and crush as many people as I can with my big beaters.

The Big Beaters

There are so many great beaters in this deck that give you great value for just a few mana. Most of them don't have any keywords but instead just sit as a looming threat.

The Dorks

There are a bunch of great mana dorks that are defenders in this deck allowing me to play my commander early and mana fixing the deck.

The Boardwipes

Every single boardwipe in this deck is either completely one sided or has a very small down side that can be avoided by playing it at the right time.

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Possible Inclusions

  • Unlikely Alliance : I saw this card was put as the worst enchantment on a worst enchantments video, and thought immediately how it actually isn't that bad in Arcades as it allows you to keep paying 2 before combat to buff up one of your walls. If anyone else has any opinions about this card i'd like to hear them.

I will add more to the description later, but any recommendations for this deck are greatly appreciated and if you enjoy what you see give it an upvote!

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added Huatli, the Sun's Heart as it doesn't really hurt the deck at all. It also is very easy to defend her in this deck when all of my creatures are still able to defend with damage. Her ability is also very good with Tree of Redemption basically allowing you to gain 13 life instead of going to 13 while still having a big beater.

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Date added 5 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

27 - 0 Rares

26 - 0 Uncommons

23 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.63
Tokens 0/1 U Creature Plant Wall
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