Arcades EDH Help, My First Paper EDH Deck!
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Posted on July 9, 2018, 2:09 p.m. by BlackyMTG
Basically, I’m creating my first EDH deck and I want it to be fun with a slight bit of competitiveness to it. I certainly don’t want a deck no one wants to play against to be my first commander deck, but I will in the future mind you. I got really excited when I saw Arcades, the Strategist and immediately jumped into gatherer to try and pump a mean aggro defender list out. Boy was I disappointed in the lack of powerful defender creatures. Eventually, I gave up on playing an aggro deck and looked into combos with Arcades. The combos in the list seemed extremely hard to piece together and really easy to break apart at first before I realized that that was kinda exactly what I wanted. It’s a fun and janky deck, but it still works and can be very dangerous at times. I’ve added in all the combos, but I haven’t had the time to list them off since I’m on my mobile phone currently and not at my desktop. The only cards that are 100% locked in at this point are arcades cuz he’s my commander duh, and Hornet Nest cuz I seriously love that card. I don’t even have a mana base yet, I’ve only thrown in the lands in the correct colors I had off the top of my head. Any and all suggestions are welcome, thank you!
Casually Competitive Arcades
Commander / EDH*
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RedUndead40 says... #3
Maybe this depends on your meta but Spidersilk Armor seems very useful in this deck
July 10, 2018 11:41 a.m.
Pyruscreed says... #5
The Professor has a good video on building a 3 color mana base; I suggest there as a starting point. As for cards,:
Generic good cards: Path to Exile and/or Swords to Plowshares are standard white removal spells. Both are cheap (mana and $ wise) and instant speed, use at least one.
Asceticism grants regeneration and hexproof, Krosan Grip for artifact/enchantment removal, or go with Acidic Slime/Bane of Progress. Scavenging Ooze is also good against graveyard shenanigans.
Cyclonic Rift is a must if you are playing blue, and a few cantrips and counterspells are useful too.
As for Arcades specific cards, consider Angelic Shield, Assault Formation, Belbe's Armor, Castle, Builder's Blessing, Stalwart Shield-Bearers, Crenellated Wall, Overgrown Battlement, and Sunscape Familiar
killroy726 says... #2
You might want to look at decks that feature Doran, the Siege Tower. Its not quite in color but there will be some ideas you can pull from there.
July 9, 2018 9:38 p.m.