New Untitled Deck by user9636790

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Bant deck is commanded by Arcades, the Strategist, converting defensive creatures with defender into hyper-efficient card-drawing attackers. By letting creatures assign combat damage equal to their toughness and allowing them to attack freely, Arcades turns inexpensive walls into high-stat threats that replace themselves on entry. The deck curves low-cost defenders like Wall of Blossoms, Overgrown Battlement, and Sylvan Caryatid on early turns before casting Arcades on Turn 4 to establish an immediate draw and combat engine. It supplements this aggro-midrange plan with asymmetric disruption like Meekstone, pillowfort enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, and team protection like Heroic Intervention and Asceticism. Games are closed by swarming opponents with high-toughness attackers, multiplying stats via Unnatural Growth, or generating evasive Bird swarms through Wingmantle Chaplain. While heavily reliant on Arcades to maintain combat velocity, redundant token producers and defensive locks ensure strong resilience and steady board progression.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Colossus of Akros
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Wall
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jaddi Offshoot
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Katabatic Winds
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Living Wall
  • 1 Mana Short
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Overgrown Battlement
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Rampart Architect
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Spidersilk Armor
  • 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Sunscape Familiar
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Teyo, the Shieldmage
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tranquil Landscape
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Wakestone Gargoyle
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Brambles
  • 1 Wall of Essence
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Wall of Spears
  • 1 Wall of Stolen Identity
  • 1 Wall of Wood
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Wingmantle Chaplain
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Staff