We're Gonna Build a Wall! (Arcades' Defenders)

Commander / EDH* GWU (Bant) Theme/Gimmick

Tazay

Creature (31)

• 1x Amaranthine Wall
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jungle Barrier
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Plumeveil
• 1x Psychic Membrane
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Traproot Kami
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Wall of Air
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Hope
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Nets
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Instant (10)

• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Negate
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Solidarity
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Unbreakable Formation

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 10x Island
• 10x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Rolling Stones
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teyo, the Shieldmage

Commander (1)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Solar Tide
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

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Creature (6)

• 1x Angelic Wall
• 1x Guardians of Meletis
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Mulch

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Proper Burial
• 1x Treefolk Umbra

Land (1)

• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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We're going to build a wall, the best wall, the greatest wall anyone has ever seen. And they're going to say "You know what, thats a great wall, the best wall." And its going to be able to block our enemies from getting to us, AND, get this, AND it will crush them. Yes. Crush them. We're going to build a wall, and crush them with it.

As you can see, the main gimmick of this deck is to get out your defenders, and inhibit you opponents from attacking with cards that basically prevent them from doing anything while also protecting your cards from board wipes.

My personal preferred strategy is to stack my side of the field as quickly as possibly, and then use one of the many board wipes to wipe my opponents sides. I also try and get Meekstone out. Not having your creatures Untap is a huge deterrent to doing pretty much anything, and ruins most commander strategies right off the bat. Then just hit my opponents with everything I have.

Even if you cannot win, or someone has locked up your strategy, it is possible to lock the game up extremely tight with this deck. I've had many 4+ hour games with this deck because it just locks up your opponents so well they can't fight back.

Its a very simple deck to play, and ridiculously fun to play as well. Though once your opponents know the power of a wall, they try to stop you at any costs whenever you play the deck.

Top Ranked	Achieved #61 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #31 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GWU (Bant) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Theme/Gimmick 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Wall 0/3 W
Folders	Look at, Edh, Bant, ideas, Command Ideas