Within these walls, we will outlast them!

Commander / EDH Aggro Defender GWU (Bant) Wall

MarshalLaeroth

Creature (36)

• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Bedrock Tortoise
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Clockwork Drawbridge
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Jeskai Barricade
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Orator of Ojutai
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Perimeter Captain
• 1x Resolute Watchdog
• 1x Shield Sphere
• 1x Shield-Wall Sentinel
• 1x Stalwart Shield-Bearers
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x Sunscape Familiar
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x The Pride of Hull Clade
• 1x Tree of Redemption
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Walking Bulwark
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Glare
• 1x Wall of Junk
• 1x Wall of Mulch
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Wall of Runes
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Wall of Stolen Identity
• 1x Wall of Tanglecord
• 1x Wingmantle Chaplain

Land (32)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 6x Plains
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x High Alert
• 1x Spidersilk Armor
• 1x Stoneskin
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Treefolk Umbra
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Unnatural Growth

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Huatli, the Sun's Heart

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Bar the Door
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Solidarity
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tower Defense

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Robe of Stars
• 1x Sol Ring

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Instant (6)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Negate

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x The Battle of Bywater

Artifact (1)

• 1x Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield

Creature (2)

• 1x Soulsworn Jury
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase

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This is a deck that is designed to abuse Arcades, the Strategist's abilities, while protecting you for a long duration of time. Cards with defender typically have high defense for their cost, allowing us to put out a ton of cheap bodies for defense, plus the huge offensive bonuses once Arcades hits the board.

"But...but...but...cards with defender aren't allowed to attack!", said the observant TappedOut Member. Ah, yes. You would be correct in this. But that is why this deck sports three very important cards alongside Arcades: High Alert, Assault Formation, Walking Bulwark. Then add Huatli, the Sun's Heart to make your defense the best offense (or one of the previous cards). These cards are the key to the deck, so you have several cards to protect your board -- plus Eerie Interlude and Ghostway to synergize with the card draw that Arcades provides.

So how do you win? You have a number of win scenarios with this deck. You can go tall with Arcades, powering him up with cards like Stoneskin, Treefolk Umbra, Robe of Stars, Tower Defense, Solidarity, and Bar the Door. Then you send him at your opponents and make him unblockable with Access Tunnel or Rogue's Passage. Very quickly you will rack up those commander damage on your opponent. You can also go wide with your defensive creatures, taking advantage of the aforementioned Tower Defense, Solidarity, Bar the Door, or even Akroma's Will and combine it with Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive, True Conviction, Unnatural Growth and/or Triumph of the Hordes to make the kill. Remember, we also have some one-sided board wipes to help facilitate us swinging for lethal damage! Dusk / Dawn, Fell the Mighty, Wave of Reckoning, or Slaughter the Strong all fall into this role.

Suggestions, comments, and up-votes are definitely appreciated! Thanks for looking! :D

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Elephant 3-3 G