New Untitled Deck by user9141417

Format: Commander

Creator: user9141417

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 17

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant toughness-based combat deck helmed by Arcades, the Strategist. The core game plan focuses on deploying high-toughness, low-cost creatures with defender, turning them into efficient attackers and self-replenishing cantrips through Arcades's static and triggered abilities. The list leans heavily into casual pillowfort and lifegain mechanics, utilizing cards like Story Circle, individual Circle of Protection: White|Circle of Protection variants, and raw lifegain spells to buffer life totals while chipping away at opponents. However, the deck suffers from severe structural vulnerabilities. The mana base contains 26 basic Plains alongside only 2 Forests and 4 Islands, creating significant color bottlenecks for casting a three-color commander. Furthermore, with zero creature tutors, no stack interaction, and only 14 total defender creatures in the 99, the deck experiences inconsistent card flow and remains completely reliant on Arcades remaining unanswered across multiple combat steps.

Decklist (98 cards)

  • 1 Accorder's Shield
  • 1 Angel's Mercy
  • 1 Angelic Wall
  • 1 Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Cluestone
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blessed Reversal
  • 1 Circle of Protection: Artifacts
  • 1 Circle of Protection: Black
  • 1 Circle of Protection: Blue
  • 1 Circle of Protection: Green
  • 1 Circle of Protection: Red
  • 1 Circle of Protection: White
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Crush Contraband
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Erase
  • 1 Ethereal Haze
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Eye of Jace
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Ghostly Wings
  • 1 Griffin Guide
  • 1 Gryff's Boon
  • 1 Healing Salve
  • 1 Immolating Glare
  • 1 Invoke the Divine
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Kitesail
  • 1 Late to Dinner
  • 1 Medic's Kitesail
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 Obelisk of Bant
  • 1 Peace of Mind
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 26 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Prophetic Prism
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Screaming Shield
  • 1 Selesnya Cluestone
  • 1 Sentinel
  • 1 Shield Sphere
  • 1 Shield of the Righteous
  • 1 Simic Cluestone
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Offering
  • 1 Springsage Ritual
  • 1 Story Circle
  • 1 Stream of Life
  • 1 Suspicious Bookcase
  • 1 Switcheroo
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Vine Trellis
  • 1 Wall of Air
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Essence
  • 1 Wall of Frost
  • 1 Wall of Hope
  • 1 Wall of Junk
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wall of Tanglecord