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Commander
Arcades, the Strategist
Color Identity(from Commander)
Deck Aim / Goal

This deck wants to flood the board with cheap defenders, use Arcades, the Strategist and High Alert to turn those walls into attackers, and keep cards flowing whenever defenders enter. It wins by building a wide, hard-to-break board with cards like Axebane Guardian, Shield-wall Sentinel, and Basilica Guards, then swinging with high-toughness creatures for steady combat pressure.

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Arcades

Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

AggroControlComboMidrangeStax

Try with this deck: Cost to Finish · Mulligan Simulator · Budget Swaps

Explore: Archetypes · Strategies · Meta Signals · Top Cards

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1×Academy Wall
  • 1×Aegis of the Heavens
  • 1×Aethermage's Touch
  • 1×Altar of the Pantheon
  • 1×Angelic Wall
  • 1×Anticipate
  • 1×Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1×Axebane Guardian
  • 1×Azorius Guildgate
  • 1×Basilica Guards
  • 1×Beck // Call
  • 1×Blossoming Sands
  • 1×Builder's Blessing
  • 1×Circuitous Route
  • 1×Command Tower
  • 1×Consulate Skygate
  • 1×Coral Barrier
  • 1×Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1×Crypsis
  • 1×Disenchant
  • 1×Dive Down
  • 1×Doorkeeper
  • 1×Embodiment of Spring
  • 1×Evolving Wilds
  • 1×Excavated Wall
  • 1×Exotic Orchard
  • 1×Expose to Daylight
  • 8×Forest
  • 1×Foriysian Interceptor
  • 1×Fortified Rampart
  • 1×Fountain of Ichor
  • 1×Gaseous Form
  • 1×Ghostform
  • 1×Giant's Amulet
  • 1×Gift of Paradise
  • 1×Grow From the Ashes
  • 1×High Alert
  • 1×Hold the Gates
  • 1×Invoke the Divine
  • 8×Island
  • 1×Kasmina's Transmutation
  • 1×Lawmage's Binding
  • 1×Llanowar Scout
  • 1×Mana Geode
  • 1×Mnemonic Wall
  • 1×Monastery Flock
  • 1×Murmuring Phantasm
  • 1×Nivix Barrier
  • 1×Opt
  • 1×Overgrown Arch
  • 1×Path to the Festival
  • 1×Perimeter Captain
  • 8×Plains
  • 1×Portcullis Vine
  • 1×Pride Guardian
  • 1×Radiant Grove
  • 1×Ranger's Guile
  • 1×Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1×Shield of the Righteous
  • 1×Shield-wall Sentinel
  • 1×Show of Valor
  • 1×Sight of the Scalelords
  • 1×Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1×Simic Guildgate
  • 1×Slaughter the Strong
  • 1×Sphinx's Insight
  • 1×Study
  • 1×Survive the Night
  • 1×Syncopate
  • 1×Thornwood Falls
  • 1×Thought Collapse
  • 1×Tranquil Cove
  • 1×Twitch
  • 1×Vine Trellis
  • 1×Wall of Mulch
  • 1×Wall of One Thousand Cuts
  • 1×Wall of Resurgence
  • 1×Wall of Runes
  • 1×Wall of Vines
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