Defenders United Offensive

Modern Budget Casual

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Creature (23)

• 2x Axebane Guardian
• 3x Dragon's Eye Sentry
• 3x Fortified Rampart
• 4x Hornet Nest
• 3x Perimeter Captain
• 4x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 4x Wakestone Gargoyle

Land (20)

• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Forest
• 3x Plains
• 3x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 4x Sunpetal Grove

Artifact (2)

• 2x Staff of Domination

Instant (9)

• 2x Path to Exile
• 3x Shape the Sands
• 4x Tower Defense

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Assault Formation
• 2x Brave the Sands

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Instant (8)

• 4x Celestial Flare
• 4x Devouring Light

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Help needed!

Trying to make a somewhat competitive Defender deck. I'm still struggling on how to make this deck a bit more resilient and less predictive. There's a couple of ways to get done what's needed.

Creatures

• Dragon's Eye Sentry: In combination with Assault Formation this is basicly a 3/3 first strike for 1 mana. Seems a solid choice.

• Fortified Rampart: Another 'simple' creature that is 'okay' in and of itself, but in combination with Assault Formation this is a 6/6 for .

• Hornet Nest: A nice defender which creates flying deathtouch tokens if not killed. You can pump this guy up pretty well with Stalwart Shield-Bearers and Builder's Blessing to have a very solid attacker. If you opponent can get him down with combat damage, you'll have some nice flying deathtouch tokens to play around with later on.

• Perimeter Captain: Gives us health when our creatures block.

• Stalwart Shield-Bearers: Pumps up other Defenders. Remember that with Assault Formation, our creatures' Power is not important, its the Thoughness, since we'll be hitting with Toughness.

• Wakestone Gargoyle: Another way to have our Defenders attack. If you have 3 or more creatures you want to attack with, its more mana-efficient to pay for this guys ability, then having to pay for every attacking creature. In the case all our Assault Formation's get destroyed, we can at least still atack with this guy and the Dragon's Eye Sentry's.

• Wall of Omens: 2 mana for a 0/4 which will be 4/4 in combat (again, if you have Assault Formation on the table). Also allows us to get cards quicker

Enchantments

• Assault Formation: Obvious one, it makes our creatures deal damage with their toughness instead of their power. It also enables you to attack with defenders at the cost of 1x per attacker.

• Brave the Sands: This enables us to attack with Defenders each turn while also being able to defend with them. If you have some strong walls you can block 2 creatures with it.

• Builder's Blessing: Especially in combination with Brave the Sands this is pretty solid. The only downside is the high mana cost and its possible overlap with Stalwart Shield-Bearers.

Instants

• Heroic Intervention: Might save all your creatures from a board wipe or an overestimated attack attempt

• Shape the Sands Can be used defensively, but also offensively since really everything that sais "+0/+x" means "+x/+x" with Assault Formation

• Tower Defense: Basicly a Shape the Sands but for all your creatures instead of one. Imagine you attacking with a 1/3 Defender and two 0/4 Defenders (which will, in combat, be actually a 3/3 and two 4/4's) and giving them +0/+5 (which will, in combat be actually +5/+5)

Considerations

• I kinda like the idea of the deck but it feels to straight-forward and easy to counter. Take out several key cards (especially Assault Formation and it'll be very hard to win.

• Is Builder's Blessing worth it? What's another good alternative?

• Should I go for less boosts (like Tower Defense and Shape the Sands, and more white instants such as Path to Exile?

• I know there's a variant of a Defender deck with an infinite mana combo (a random defender like Dragon's Eye Sentry + Axebane Guardian + Freed from the Real) but I dont like how these decks work. Is there a way to make this deck a bit more versatile?

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	WG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.12
Tokens	Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch
Folders	Walls
Based on	Defenders United Liquidor MDN