Arcades by LordHelix01

Format: Commander

Commander: Arcades, the Strategist

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Arcades, the Strategist leads a defender-combat deck: cheap walls block early, draw cards off his trigger, then attack using toughness. The primary plan is to cast Arcades by turn 4, chain multiple 0/4-0/8 defenders, and finish with Craterhoof Behemoth, Moonshaker Cavalry, True Conviction, or Unnatural Growth. Secondary paths are a midrange beatdown line with Towering Titan and Rampart Architect tokens, plus a defensive control game using Meekstone, Fog, and Slaughter the Strong. There is no hidden commander; the deck is shaped entirely around keeping Arcades on the battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcades, the Strategist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assemble the Players
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Captain America, Living Legend
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Shapeshifter
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Guardian of the Ages
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hover Barrier
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Monastery Flock
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Order of the Stars
  • 1 Overgrown Battlement
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perimeter Captain
  • 1 Plagon, Lord of the Beach
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primal Rage
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Rampart Architect
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Serra's Blessing
  • 1 Shield-Wall Sentinel
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skyline Cascade
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscape Familiar
  • 1 Suspicious Bookcase
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Pride of Hull Clade
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Towering Titan
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urban Retreat
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vine Trellis
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Denial
  • 1 Wall of Frost
  • 1 Wall of Glare
  • 1 Wall of Junk
  • 1 Wall of Mist
  • 1 Wall of Resurgence
  • 1 Wall of Vines
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels