Walls by user6325868

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

Arcades, the Strategist commands a Bant combat aggro deck that transforms cheap defender creatures into high-power attackers and card-drawing cantrips. The strategy starts by deploying efficient low-mana walls in the opening turns, followed by casting Arcades on Turn 4 to unlock toughness-based combat damage. With Arcades in play, every subsequent wall replaces itself, allowing the deck to rapidly flood the board while maintaining a full hand. By Turn 5, the deck presents a lethal board state, threatening opponents with massive combat swings amplified by Tower Defense or Akroma's Will. Asymmetric board wipes such as Slaughter the Strong and Fell the Mighty clear opposing blockers while leaving the defender army intact. Robust protection spells like Heroic Intervention and targeted counterspells defend the board against removal. If Arcades is removed, redundant enablers like High Alert and Assault Formation keep the aggressive game plan moving forward with minimal delay.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Wall
  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bant Charm
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bedrock Tortoise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Carven Caryatid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Shapeshifter
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Alert
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jeskai Barricade
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mnemonic Wall
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Battlement
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rampart Architect
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Shield-Wall Sentinel
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
  • 1 Steel Wall
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Pride of Hull Clade
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Vine Trellis
  • 1 Wakestone Gargoyle
  • 1 Walking Bulwark
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Frost
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wall of Shards
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wingmantle Chaplain
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast