Arcades and Walls by Djcarbaugh

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This is a Arcades, the Strategist defender deck. Its main plan is to develop cheap walls, use Arcades, the Strategist to draw cards when they enter, and attack with toughness instead of power. Defenders such as Wall of Blossoms, Wall of Denial, Wall of Frost, and Jungle Barrier also create a sturdy defensive board. Overgrown Battlement and Axebane Guardian turn that board into colored mana, while Assault Formation, High Alert, and Huatli, the Sun's Heart provide commander-independent copies of the combat ability. The deck usually assembles its engine around turn 5 and presents a serious board around turn 7. It then needs several combat steps to defeat three players. Its main weaknesses are limited tutoring, tapped lands, commander dependence, and modest protection. The list can interact with common permanents and noncreature spells, but it is not built to race fast combo decks or sustain a hard lock.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Accorder's Shield
• 1 Akroma's Memorial
• 1 Angelic Shield
• 1 Angelic Wall
• 1 Anticognition
• 1 Arcades, the Strategist
• 1 Assault Formation
• 1 Axebane Guardian
• 1 Biomass Mutation
• 1 Blossoming Sands
• 1 Brave the Sands
• 1 Broken Wings
• 1 Carven Caryatid
• 1 Cathar's Shield
• 1 Cathedral Membrane
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Coral Barrier
• 1 Crashing Drawbridge
• 1 Destined Confrontation
• 1 Doorkeeper
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Fertile Ground
• 6 Forest
• 1 Gatecreeper Vine
• 1 Geist of the Archives
• 1 Gleaming Barrier
• 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
• 1 Graypelt Refuge
• 1 High Alert
• 1 Hold the Gates
• 1 Hover Barrier
• 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
• 6 Island
• 1 Jeskai Barricade
• 1 Jungle Barrier
• 1 Maddening Cacophony
• 1 Meekstone
• 1 Mnemonic Wall
• 1 Negate
• 1 Oppressive Rays
• 1 Overgrown Battlement
• 1 Paradise Druid
• 1 Perimeter Captain
• 7 Plains
• 1 Portcullis Vine
• 1 Pride Guardian
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Regrowth
• 1 Return to Nature
• 1 Rigo, Streetwise Mentor
• 1 Roc Egg
• 1 Sejiri Refuge
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Serra's Blessing
• 1 Shield of the Righteous
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1 Steady Aim
• 1 Suspicious Bookcase
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Teyo, the Shieldmage
• 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
• 1 The Wanderer
• 1 Thopter Assembly
• 1 Thornwood Falls
• 1 Tower Defense
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Tree of Redemption
• 1 Treefolk Umbra
• 1 True Love's Kiss
• 1 Vine Trellis
• 1 Vivid Creek
• 1 Vivid Grove
• 1 Wall of Blossoms
• 1 Wall of Denial
• 1 Wall of Essence
• 1 Wall of Frost
• 1 Wall of Mulch
• 1 Wall of Tanglecord
• 1 Wall of Vines
• 1 Wilt
• 1 Woodland Stream