New Untitled Deck by BrokeToasterOven

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Arcades, the Strategist turns a wall of defenders into card draw and toughness-powered attackers. The primary plan is to land Arcades early, flood the board with low-cost walls that cantrip, and swing for lethal with toughness damage boosted by Craterhoof Behemoth, Finale of Devastation, or +1/+1 counter engines like Ouroboroid and Kalonian Hydra. Secondary paths are two infinite-mana combos: Axebane Guardian plus Freed from the Real and Emiel the Blessed plus Intruder Alarm, both using defender count to generate mana and ETBs for infinite birds, draw, or mill. Arcades is the draw engine and combat enabler, while Axebane acts as a hidden commander for mana.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Wall
  • 1 Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Bamboo Grove Archer
  • 1 Bonded Fetch
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Carven Caryatid
  • 1 Coral Colony
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Doorkeeper
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Emiel the Blessed
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guard Gomazoa
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Hover Barrier
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jaddi Offshoot
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Monastery Flock
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Murmuring Phantasm
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plumeveil
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
  • 1 Surge Engine
  • 1 Suspicious Bookcase
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Glare
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Wingmantle Chaplain
  • 1 Worldly Tutor