Hold the door! Hold door! Hodor!

Modern Card Draw Matters Defender Gate GWU (Bant) Theme/Gimmick Toughness Matters

TJMadMan

Creature (25)

• 1x Arcades, the Strategist
• 4x Axebane Guardian
• 4x Knight of Autumn
• 4x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Spellskite
• 3x Sylvan Caryatid
• 2x Tree of Redemption
• 3x Wall of Blossoms
• 3x Wall of Omens

Land (20)

• 4x Azorius Guildgate
• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 4x Orzhov Guildgate
• 4x Selesnya Guildgate
• 4x Simic Guildgate

Instant (2)

• 2x Heroic Intervention

Enchantment (13)

• 2x Assault Formation
• 4x Guild Summit
• 4x Hold the Gates
• 3x Worship

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Guildgates are slow, but walls help. Hold the door!

Draw: Arcades, the Strategist Guild Summit Wall of Blossoms Wall of Omens

Ramp: Axebane Guardian Overgrown Battlement Sylvan Caryatid

Life stabilization: Tree of Redemption Worship

Defenders Attack: Arcades, the Strategist Assault Formation

Pump: Assault Formation

Redirect / Protection: Spellskite Heroic Intervention

Enchantment / Artifact Removal: Knight of Autumn

The land base is slow, however the creatures ramp and draw many cards to counteract.

Vs Aggro Decks - Its a race to get walls on the field and to stabilize my life.

Vs Midrange - Have to play smart, get walls down, protect your field, and remove important enchantments/artifacts.

Vs Combo - Removal and life stabilization protect from various combos. Try to play aggressively but hold a protection spell in hand.

**This deck is weak to board wipes, as it is creature heavy. You'll have to hope you can draw Heroic Intervention before they wipe you.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.70