Arcades' Rubber Walls

Commander / EDH* Defender GWU (Bant) Tap/Untap Value Engine Wall

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Defender (26)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Errant, Street Artist
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Quicksilver Wall
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Secret Door
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1x Shifting Wall
• 1x Sporocyst
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Walking Bulwark
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Wall of Lost Thoughts
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Weathered Sentinels

Non-Defender (7)

• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Vesperlark

Wipe (3)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Profaner of the Dead

Land (34)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 5x Forest
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Tutor (5)

• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Wargate

Protection (3)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Robe of Stars

Commander (1)

Utility (14)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Sol Ring

Interaction (7)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Sideboard

Draw (2)

• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow

Engine (1)

• 1x Derevi, Empyrial Tactician *f-etch*

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Recursion (1)

• 1x Idol of Endurance

Interaction (2)

• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift

Misc (1)

• 1x Altar of the Brood

Wipe (1)

• 1x Retribution of the Meek

Ramp (2)

• 1x Saruli Caretaker
• 1x Simic Signet

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Maybeboard

Other (19)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Cathedral Membrane
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Edge of Autumn
• 1x Floriferous Vinewall
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Marble Titan
• 1x Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa *f-etch*
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Traproot Kami
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Runes
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord
• 1x Wild Pair

Wipe (1)

• 1x Slaughter the Strong

Interaction (7)

• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Words of Wind

Wall (7)

• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Doorkeeper
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase
• 1x Tree of Redemption

Recursion (3)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation

Tutor (1)

• 1x Eladamri's Call

Ramp (7)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Talisman of Curiosity
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip

Draw (4)

• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Riptide Turtle
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight

Land (4)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rogue's Passage

Misc (2)

• 1x Angelic Shield
• 1x Sterling Grove

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A fairly strong Arcades Mid-Range list. It can win through combat but has multiple other avenues available. Key combos are as follows Cloudstone Curio + Intruder Alarm + some dorks/signets to be mana positive + a creature to bounce to generate infinite mana Intruder Alarm + Temur Sabertooth + dorks + cheap guy for infinite mana Intruder Alarm + Quicksilver Wall + dorks for infinite mana Aluren + Cloudstone Curio + 2 defenders + Arcades = Draw entire Deck Axebane Guardian + Intruder Alarm + Wall of Kelp = Death by kelp and infinite mana of course Wall of Lost Thoughts and Altar of the Brood can mill the table through a bounce loop Eternal Witness or Mnemonic Wall can continuously grab Beast Within or Reality Shift given you have infinite mana/bounce. "Wall-Ball Combo" on mtgnexus has a lot more information on competitive builds of Arcades. Very fun deck to pilot and can look very unassuming. Arcades is a removal magnet so be ready to protect him on play. Upgrades would mostly involve the mana base and more efficient tutors. Any critiques / advice is greatly welcomed

Date added	2 years
Last updated	9 months
Key combos	Aluren + Cloudstone Curio Axebane Guardian + Intruder Alarm + Wall of Kelp Cloudstone Curio + Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm + Temur Sabertooth Intruder Alarm + Quicksilver Wall
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 42 - 6 Rares 25 - 3 Uncommons 14 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.47
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Goblin 1/1 R, Manifest 2/2 C, Skeleton 1/1 B, The Atropal, Treasure
Based on	Arcades' Bouncing Walls PossiblyCthulhu EDH