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Arcades, the Strategist
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $875.44
Salt Sum: 34.7
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Commander

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Arcades, the Strategist

Flying, vigilance Whenever a creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card. Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
Arcades, the Strategist (tsr) 371
1

Card Draw

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Carven Caryatid

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When Carven Caryatid enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Carven Caryatid (ima) 156
1
Chulane, Teller of Tales

Vigilance Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Chulane, Teller of Tales (eld) 326
1
Floriferous Vinewall

Defender When Floriferous Vinewall enters the battlefield, look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Floriferous Vinewall (dmu) 163
1
Flumph

Defender, flying Whenever Flumph is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Flumph (afr) 361
1
Gatecreeper Vine

Defender When Gatecreeper Vine enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Gatecreeper Vine (rtr) 124
1
Guardian Project

Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Enchantment
Guardian Project (rna) 130
1
Orator of Ojutai

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand. Defender, flying When Orator of Ojutai enters the battlefield, if you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, draw a card.

Creature
Orator of Ojutai (f15) 9
1
Panharmonicon

If an artifact or creature entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Artifact
Panharmonicon (kld) 226
1
Portcullis Vine

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature with defender: Draw a card.

Creature
Portcullis Vine (grn) 142
1
Rigo, Streetwise Mentor

Rigo, Streetwise Mentor enters the battlefield with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Whenever you attack a player or planeswalker with one or more creatures with power 1 or less, draw a card.

Creature
Rigo, Streetwise Mentor (snc) 215
1
Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Enchantment
Teferi's Ageless Insight (m21) 294
1
Teyo, Geometric Tactician

When Teyo, Geometric Tactician enters the battlefield, create a 0/4 white Wall creature token with defender and flying. +1: You and target opponent each draw a card. −2: Choose left or right. Until your next turn, each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.

Planeswalker
Teyo, Geometric Tactician (cmm) 725
1
The Birth of Meletis

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. II — Create a 0/4 colorless Wall artifact creature token with defender. III — You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
The Birth of Meletis (thb) 5
1
Virtue of Knowledge

Enchantment
Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions (woe) 76
1
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When Wall of Blossoms enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (mh1) 190
1
Wall of Mulch

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {G}, Sacrifice a Wall: Draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Mulch (ons) 298
1
Wall of Omens

Defender When Wall of Omens enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Omens (2x2) 344
1
Welcoming Vampire

Flying Whenever one or more other creatures with power 2 or less enter the battlefield under your control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Welcoming Vampire (vow) 287
1

Land

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Bala Ged Recovery

Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180
1
Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Boseiju, Who Endures: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
1
Bountiful Promenade

Bountiful Promenade enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
1
Breeding Pool

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As Breeding Pool enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Breeding Pool (gtc) 240
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmr) 350
1
Deserted Beach

Deserted Beach enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 260
1
Dreamroot Cascade

Dreamroot Cascade enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (vow) 262
1
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (brc) 185
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (akh) 254
3
Glasspool Mimic

Creature
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60
1
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (dis) 174
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (akh) 251
1
Krosan Verge

Krosan Verge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Krosan Verge: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Krosan Verge (jud) 141
1
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 438
1
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
1
Overgrown Farmland

Overgrown Farmland enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Overgrown Farmland (mid) 265
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (akh) 250
4
Rejuvenating Springs

Rejuvenating Springs enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (plg20) 1
1
Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
1
Seaside Citadel

Seaside Citadel enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (ala) 229
1
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
1
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) Spara's Headquarters enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
1
Sunpetal Grove

Sunpetal Grove enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (xln) 257
1
Tangled Florahedron

Creature
Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211
1
Temple Garden

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) As Temple Garden enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Temple Garden (grn) 258
1
Windswept Heath

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Windswept Heath: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248
1
Wooded Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {G/W}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{W}, or {W}{W}.

Land
Wooded Bastion (shm) 281
1
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 441
1

Protection

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Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Eerie Interlude (ddq) 8
1
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
1
Ghostway

Exile each creature you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Ghostway (gpt) 6
1
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (m21) 188
1
Jeskai Barricade

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Defender When Jeskai Barricade enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15
1
Lae'zel's Acrobatics

Exile all nontoken creatures you control, then roll a d20. 1—9 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. 10—20 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control, then exile them again. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Lae'zel's Acrobatics (clb) 30
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (2xm) 267
1
Resolute Watchdog

Defender {1}, Sacrifice Resolute Watchdog: Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Resolute Watchdog (rna) 19
1
Soulsworn Jury

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {1}{U}, Sacrifice Soulsworn Jury: Counter target creature spell.

Creature
Soulsworn Jury (dis) 17
1
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
1

Pump

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Brave the Sands

Creatures you control have vigilance. Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.

Enchantment
Brave the Sands (cm2) 19
1

Ramp

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Axebane Guardian

Defender {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.

Creature
Axebane Guardian (rtr) 115
1
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (dmr) 346
1
Overgrown Battlement

Defender {T}: Add {G} for each creature you control with defender.

Creature
Overgrown Battlement (ima) 180
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c15) 268
1
Sporocyst

Ravenous (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Defender Spore Chimney — When Sporocyst enters the battlefield, search your library for up to X basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sporocyst (40k) 98
1
Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Green spells and blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Sunscape Familiar (pls) 17
1
Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180
1
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (ptk) 153
1
Vine Trellis

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Vine Trellis (8ed) 287
1

Recursion

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Mnemonic Wall

Defender When Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (cn2) 116
1

Removal Mass

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Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (cmm) 84
1
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (c19) 63
1
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (neo) 13
1
Meekstone

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Artifact
Meekstone (7ed) 307
1
Slaughter the Strong

Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.

Sorcery
Slaughter the Strong (rix) 22
1
Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79
1

Removal Spot

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Aura Shards

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment
Aura Shards (plst) CMD-182
1
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (tsr) 357
1
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (mh1) 11
1
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ice) 54
1

Walls

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Crashing Drawbridge

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (eld) 217
1
Drift of Phantasms

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Drift of Phantasms (rav) 46
1
Perimeter Captain

Defender Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.

Creature
Perimeter Captain (wwk) 16
1
Shield Sphere

Defender Whenever Shield Sphere blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Shield Sphere (all) 129
1
Stalwart Shield-Bearers

Defender Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.

Creature
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
1
Wall of Junk

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When Wall of Junk blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Creature Artifact
Wall of Junk (usg) 315
1
Wall of Kelp

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}{U}, {T}: Create a 0/1 blue Plant Wall creature token with defender named Kelp.

Creature
Wall of Kelp (hml) 40
1

Win Con

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Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn. • Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from all colors until end of turn.

Instant
Akroma's Will (cmr) 3
1
Assault Formation

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Assault Formation (dtk) 173
1
High Alert

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender. {2}{W}{U}: Untap target creature.

Enchantment
High Alert (rna) 182
1
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) Creatures your opponents control without flying or reach can't block creatures with power 2 or less. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa (c16) 42
1
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (mul) 142
1
Tower Defense

Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
1

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