Within these walls, we will outlast them!

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

MarshalLaeroth

Creature (36)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Bedrock Tortoise
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Corrupted Shapeshifter
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Crystal Barricade
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Plagon, Lord of the Beach
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x The Pride of Hull Clade
• 1x Towering Viewpoint
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Walking Bulwark
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord

Land (32)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 9x Plains
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden

Instant (11)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Kabira Takedown  ^Flip
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Solidarity
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tower Defense

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Aura ShardsGC
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Court of Ardenvale
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Spidersilk Armor
• 1x Stoneskin
• 1x Treefolk Umbra
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Unnatural Growth

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Artifact (4)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Creature (4)

• 1x Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1x Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Wall of Tears

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Expel the Interlopers

Instant (3)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Stroke of Midnight

Artifact (2)

• 1x Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
• 1x Slagwurm Armor

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This is a deck that is designed to abuse Arcades, the Strategist's abilities, while protecting you for a long duration of time. Cards with defender typically have high defense for their cost, allowing us to put out a ton of cheap bodies for defense, plus the huge offensive bonuses once Arcades hits the board.

"But...but...but...cards with defender aren't allowed to attack!", said the observant TappedOut Member. Ah, yes. You would be correct in this. But that is why this deck sports three very important cards alongside Arcades: High Alert, Assault Formation, and Walking Bulwark. These cards are the key to the deck, so you have several cards to protect your board -- plus Eerie Interlude and Ghostway to synergize with the card draw that Arcades provides.

So how do you win? You have a number of win scenarios with this deck. You can go tall with Arcades, powering him up with cards like Stoneskin, Treefolk Umbra, Tower Defense, and Solidarity. Then you send him at your opponents and make him unblockable with Access Tunnel or Rogue's Passage. Very quickly you will rack up those commander damage on your opponent. You can also go wide with your defensive creatures, taking advantage of the aforementioned Tower Defense, Solidarity, or even Akroma's Will and combine it with Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive, True Conviction, Unnatural Growth, Last March of the Ents and/or Triumph of the Hordes to make the kill. Remember, we also have some one-sided board wipes to help facilitate us swinging for lethal damage! Dusk / Dawn, Fell the Mighty, or Slaughter the Strong fall into this role.

Suggestions, comments, and up-votes are definitely appreciated! Thanks for looking! :D

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, The Monarch
Folders	Current EDH Decks, Comander, Compare, test