Arcades, Wallwhack and Gatekeep

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Defender GWU (Bant) Unblockable Wall

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Creature (29)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Crystal Barricade
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Rigo, Streetwise Mentor
• 1x Secret Door
• 1x Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1x Sporocyst
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x The Pride of Hull Clade
• 1x Towering Titan
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Walking Bulwark
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Weathered Sentinels
• 1x Wingmantle Chaplain

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Angelic Shield
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Hold the Gates

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

Land (35)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Baldur's Gate
• 1x Citadel Gate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Gond Gate
• 5x Island
• 1x Manor Gate
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Overflowing Basin
• 4x Plains
• 1x Planar Nexus
• 1x Sea Gate
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Talon Gates of Madara
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva

Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Negate
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Colfenor's Urn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Talisman of Unity

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Expel the Interlopers
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Open the Gates
• 1x Raise the Past
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x The Battle of Bywater
• 1x Wargate

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Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aura ShardsGC
• 1x Hold the Gates
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Lifeforce
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Smothering TitheGC

Land (5)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Instant (7)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Teferi's ProtectionGC
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Creature (6)

• 1x Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1x Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Wall of Shards

Artifact (1)

• 1x Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield

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Built around Arcades, the Strategist.

This deck is designed to be a ganeral all around balanced commander deck that can play in any group without utilizing too much hate or stax which can usually be found in bant decks. Some of the cards included here including Teferi's ProtectionGC, Aura ShardsGC, Oko, Thief of Crowns, Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Smothering TitheGC, Rhystic StudyGC, Mystic Remora, Mystical TutorGC, Worldly TutorGC, Enlightened TutorGC, Cyclonic RiftGCare simply strong staple cards that are hard to skip out on as they add huge amounts of power to the deck, however they would be easily replaced by less expensive counterparts to make the deck budget friendly.

infinite mane combos from: Axebane Guardian + Staff of Domination Arbor Adherent + Staff of Domination Overgrown Battlement + Staff of Domination

use infinite mane + plenty of tutors to push for an easy win with Secret Door or Craterhoof Behemoth

infinite combos are only an afterthough, the main goal of the deck is to use High Alert or Arcades, the Strategist to pump up your defenders then sneak them through blockers with effects such as Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive sidar kondo of jumaara or even Access Tunnel.

This deck is filled with beefy blockers (turned attackers) powerful mana ramp, insane amounts of card draw and cantrips, then finished off with some powerful tutors including Wargate Enlightened TutorGC Worldly TutorGC Drift of Phantasms Shield-Wall Sentinel.

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated! Especially if you have some alternates for the more expensive staple cards mentioned above.

Date added	4 months
Last updated	2 months
Exclude colors	BR
Splash colors	WUG
Key combos	Overgrown Battlement + Staff of Domination Axebane Guardian + Staff of Domination Arbor Adherent + Staff of Domination
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Bird 2/2 U, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Goblin 1/1 R, Skeleton 1/1 B, The Atropal, Treasure, Wall 0/3 W