85 Bears by user6053587

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant aggressive engine build centered on Arcades, the Strategist. The game plan revolves around rapidly playing inexpensive defender creatures that cantrip upon entry under Arcades, creating an overwhelming card-flow loop. These defenders then convert high defensive toughness into decisive offensive combat power. The list features asymmetric board wipes such as Slaughter the Strong and The Battle of Bywater that wipe opposing boards while sparing its zero-power walls. Unblockable enablers like Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive and overrun effects from Finale of Devastation convert large boards into swift table eliminations. A compact infinite-mana package featuring Axebane Guardian and Freed from the Real provides an alternate burst outlet through Walking Ballista. Supported by resilient interaction and protection spells, the deck executes a robust, proactive strategy that compounds card advantage rapidly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Carven Caryatid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Alert
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt
  • 1 Overgrown Battlement
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rampart Architect
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Starfield Vocalist
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tree of Redemption
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Vine Trellis
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Frost
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth